3 Dgr 20' N 17 Dgr 30' W Over N Atlantic, November 1957November 1957

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Summary

On November 6, 1957, two aircraft reported visual sightings over the Atlantic Ocean near 23 degrees north latitude and 17 degrees west. One aircraft at 13,000 feet and another at 16,000 feet both observed an unidentified object heading at approximately 25 degrees. Pilot LCDR Clayton reported a brilliant flash of blue-white light appearing brighter than a star, with an approximate course of 270 degrees and a purple ring surrounding it. Visibility was excellent with winds from the south at 45 knots at 5,000 feet. A second aircraft from Kelly Air Force Base in Texas also reported the sighting. The time of report from both aircraft was 2:41 a.m. No Air Force evaluation is provided on the available pages.

Reported location

3 Dgr 20' N 17 Dgr 30' W Over N Atlantic, November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      12. CONCLUSIONS
6 November 1957                  23 dgr 20' N 17 dgr 00' W          [] Was Balloon
                                 Over Atlantic                      [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE/TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION            [] Probably Aircraft
   Level ____                   [] Ground-Visual    [] Ground-Radar [] Was Aircraft
   GMT    2C1Z                 [X] Air-Visual       [] Air-Intercept Radar [] Probably Aircraft
                                                                    [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       6. SOURCE
X[] Yes                         Aircraft                           [] Was Astronomical
[] No                                                              [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                    [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
2 MIN [illegible]               1 to 2              W - E          [] Other_____
                                                                    [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  11. COMMENTS                       [] Unknown
Brilliant flash of white light, Fireball.
apparently drift motion.
while ring around it.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973639