90 Mi NW Of Iceland, November 1958November 1958

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On November 24, 1958, at about 5:25 p.m. (1725Z), a military crew in a WB-50 weather aircraft reported an object northeast of Iceland. The senior pilot, an experienced aircraft commander, gave a statement. The crew was flying at 30,000 feet from a base in England.

The object had the shape, size, and color of a star of medium intensity. It was one in number, with no tail, trail, exhaust, or sound. It gained in brightness for about 15 seconds, then faded for about 15 seconds. The co-pilot first thought it was a falling meteorite but realized it stayed in view longer than a meteor's burn-out time. The object rose from the right rear, made an arc across the flight path reaching a maximum elevation of 35 degrees, and disappeared. It was in view about four minutes.

The sky was clear overhead with scattered clouds below and 100 miles of visibility. The crew believed the object was an earth satellite. The Air Force record notes the object was probably Delta 1, a satellite.

Reported location

90 Mi NW Of Iceland, November 1958

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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BEL EE rs Ey rls
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
D Was Balloon |
24 Novauber 1658 RGN ONE OT Tee lang 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Eh Rossisty Balloon
y 0 Was Aircraft
Local —_— 00 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
[513 (Otel & edly RT ~8 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
8 No Military C1 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Ofer BTR LI ite oo
OD Insuflicient Dota for Evaluation
: : 5 0 Unknown
X mis (RANG SL
YG. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
QR shape &Lisize of mediam star, Als Provably Delta #1,
vheiceolor of a star, Gained in brizsht-
ness for 18 seconds, then faded for
approx lo seconds, No other unusual
features,
ATIC FORM 320 (REY 25 SEP 52)
w a ee Sl BRR LA his th Ram st aii EAS RO Sst seri det Sh AER te gait il Tl ahi und a

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