4 Mi S of Eagle Springs, N.C., January 1959January 1959

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Summary

On January 10, 1959, a civilian about 4 miles south of Eagle Springs, North Carolina, reported a bright object in the night sky. The sighting was made on the ground and lasted about one minute (2303 GMT). The witness was a truck driver.

The observer described one round object glowing white hot. It shot yellow sparks from its tail at intermittent times and fell straight down until it disappeared below the tree line. It was first seen out of the corner of the eye while driving.

The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical. The record card said the object had all the characteristics of a meteor, with a probable overestimation of how long it lasted.

Reported location

4 Mi S of Eagle Springs, N.C., January 1959

Date of incident

January 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : : i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Was Balloon
10 Jan 5€ L 144 8S of RBagle Sp rr: N O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
| 3 O Wos Aircraft
Loc) ee OX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
emT_10/2303 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS OX Was Astronomical Matcor
/ 0 Yes O Probably Astronomicol
O:Ne Civilion DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TRE TRL
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
one minute ong falling ibid
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Round obj, glowing as white hot, shooting The obj has all the characteristics
‘} yellow sparks from tail intermittently, of a meteor. with probable overestima-
falling straight down until it disappearad tion of €mration.
below tree line,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981698