Argentina AFB, NF, April 1957April 1957

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Summary

On April 14, 1957, military witnesses at Argentia Naval Station reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was round and white, about the size of a baseball held at arm's length.

The object traveled at great speed from 180 degrees to a point directly overhead, where it dissipated in a shower of red sparks. There was no trail and no exhaust. It was watched for 15 to 20 seconds.

After study and analysis, the Air Force concluded the object was a fireball. The card carried it as a meteor.

Reported location

Argentina AFB, NF, April 1957

Date of incident

April 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
b 1. DATE 2. LOCATION i 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 AEB 3 Vos Balloon
14 Aendd 1087 Nps EA NT 0 Probably Balicon
J LEAT oy ds CRA RO) oF ARB RE ly. 101K 0 vl BK PSE 1! SE TS SOA | Poasibly Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF O3SERVATION A
Vi 3 0 Was Aircraft
: la es DO Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
] omr_LL/ 06 15 SA DX Air- Visual D Air-Intercept Radar | 2 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE ‘0 Was Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
i B:Ns Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. MUM3ER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oT a RA
; O Insufficient Dota far Evaluation
p AAG : : DO Unknown
3 15-20 seconds one dissipated
1 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Round, white object, size of baseball After study and analysis, it was
held at arms length, traveling at concluded that object was a |
3 | great speed from 180 dgrs to position fireball,
1 directly overhead, where it dissipated :
J in shower of red sparks, No trail or 3
N exhaust,
4 No report on file,
1 ATIC FORM 329 (R2Y 25 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969523