Alpine, Arizona (Ranger Sta), November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 13, 1957, at 1:00 a.m., a civilian witness in Alpine, Arizona reported a round, white object about the size of a nickel. The object moved downward and shifted one degree to the west while in sight. The observation was ground-based and visual. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably astronomical. An astro plot indicated Venus was in the southwest at the time of sighting, though the observer did not state the exact direction the object was sighted.

Reported location

Alpine, Arizona (Ranger Sta), November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
13 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Alpine, Arizona (Ranger Sta)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 1/0045Z
GMT: 1/0045Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XX Ground-Visual
Unusually
O Ground-Radar
O Air-Visual
O Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
O Yes
XX No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
still in sight

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
downward

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, white object, size of nickel, moving downward and moved 1 degree to West while in sight.

12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
XX Probably Balloon
O Possibly Balloon
O Was Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
O Possibly Aircraft
O Was Astronomical
XX Probably Astronomical
O Possibly Astronomical
O Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown

11. COMMENTS
An astro plot shows Venus to be in the SW at time of sighting. However, observer does not state exact direction of object sighted.

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