15 Mi W of Russellville, Ala, December 1957December 1957

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On December 2, 1957, a report came from a site about 15 miles west of Russellville, Alabama. A farmer and the local sheriff reported a hole or path about 40 feet long and three feet wide, with burnt and melted metal particles around it. The property owner said he heard an explosion on December 2 but found nothing until later. The sheriff guarded the area while military officers investigated. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. Further inquiries showed that the object was an aircraft tip tank that had been dropped by accident. The card lists the conclusion as other, identifying it as a tip tank.

Reported location

15 Mi W of Russellville, Ala, December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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oanana PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ih
: Y. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 0 Was Balleon
2 December 1957 15 Mi W of Russellville, Ala|O Reahenly Beligen
§ | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Fonsihy Setionn.
| T : 0 Was Aircraft
(7 ORR NERD O Ground-Visuel O Ground-Radar (a) Probably Aireroft
; (1 V1) RA SR RE AI SE Te BB O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 3 . R 0 Was Asironemieal
| OYes Physical Q Probably Astronomical
Ne Specimen Original: Farmer & Sheriff |© ra sally Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XXOther Lip Tank
: B inepttiatont Data for Evaluation
j N/A one N/A sr
| [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS :
| Report of a hole or path 40 ft long, Further inquiries indicated that
3 ft wide with burnt metal particles object was an aircraft tip tank
from Sheriff (in turn) - to 3rd Army accidently dropped.
i | Ha - to G2, Ft McPherson, Atlanta,Ga,
' | to Maj McCoy, Robbins AF3, Ga, - to
UFO Project Officer -~ WPAFB (ATIC)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975599