Argentina/25 Mi S Of Bahia Blanca, December 1958December 1958

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Summary

On December 2, 1958, near Bahia Blanca, Argentina, three luminous objects were seen falling about five miles south of the city at 2:23 p.m. An air traffic control tower operator and airline pilots reported seeing the objects fall through the air. Argentine civil and military pilots had been alerted to watch for the reentry of Sputnik 3. Argentine Air Force and civilian aeronautics officials revealed that the objects were signal flares used by the Army on maneuvers. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Argentina/25 Mi S Of Bahia Blanca, December 1958

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 December 1958

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 02/2300Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three luminous objs were seen falling about 5 miles S of Bahia Blanca.

2. LOCATION
Avion Lin/925 MI S Of Bahia Blanca

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [checked]
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three

9. COURSE
Falling

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [checked]
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft [checked]
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown [checked]

11. COMMENTS
Confirmed as flares used by Army on maneuvers.

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