a/v over Bristol, Tenn, May 1957May 1957

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Summary

On May 27, 1957, civilian airline personnel flying over Bristol, Tennessee reported a sighting. The observation was made from the air and lasted about thirty minutes.

The witnesses saw one white object directly in front of the aircraft. It looked like a bright light about the size of a star, or a dime held at arm's length. It stayed in front of the aircraft for the full thirty minutes.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as astronomical. The comment notes a balloon would not have stayed in front of the aircraft for that long, and that with no closing of distance the object was most likely a star or planet. No separate report was on file.

Reported location

a/v over Bristol, Tenn, May 1957

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE = 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Qa Jas baliocn
27 Mav 1957 a/v _over Bristol, Tenn OQ Probably Balloon
PETE Sa Ae (EU L4H lode et IE 2 A
3.. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Passibly Balloon
¢ 0 Wos Aircrofr
Lagal a 0 Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
CMT Rr QT, (nas Se B*Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Star. or
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE j £7 Was Astronomical Planet
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
hy x0 Na Civilian (Airlines Personnel’ RESID Aationsmical
7. LENGTH OF O33ERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DIRS
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
A f : 0 Unknown
ES DULLER eh ot ONeill ISGEBLIONARY lb psa
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Tl. COMMENTS
One white object the size of a star or | Balloon would not remain in
the size of a dime atdrm's length. Obj| front of a/c for 30 minutes,
was seen directly in front of the a/c Since no closure was apparent
as a bright light. Obj was seen air. case most likely sighting of
visually for thirty minutes, astro--body.
No report in file. ;
LT Te AEE a A RE (Rr RAS es. ee SU So Se lS CS ES CLAS
ATIC FORM 320 (REV 25 SZ? 52)
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