Alpine Arizona, November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 1, 1957, at approximately 12:00 a.m., a round white object the size of a nickel was sighted near Alpine, Arizona. The object was observed on a downward course moving slightly to the west and remained in sight at the time of report. One witness, a ranger station employee, reported the sighting as a ground-visual observation. The object was still in sight when the report was made. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as probably astronomical, noting that the description, duration, and flight path indicated this was probably a star.

Reported location

Alpine Arizona, 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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UFOB INDEX CARD                                                ATSS-UFOB-582-57

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   1/1/57-9 Jan 58                   Alpine, Arizona               [ ] Was Balloon
                                                                     [X] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Possibly Balloon
   12/00:52 Nov 57                   [X] Ground-Visual            [ ] Was Aircraft
                                     [ ] Ground-Radar             [ ] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                          [ ] Air-Visual                [ ] Possibly Aircraft
   [ ] Yes                          [ ] Air-Intercept Radar      [ ] Was Astronomical
   [X] No                        6. SOURCE                         [X] Probably Astronomical
                                    Civilian                      [ ] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
   Still in sight                   One                Downward    [ ] Other_____________
                                                                     [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                    11. COMMENTS

    One round white object the size of a nickle.    Description, duration, flight path
    Object was seen on a downward course moving     indicate this was probably a xxxx star.
    slightly to the west. Object was still in
    sight at time of report.


AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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