Atlanta, GeorgiaNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia, a civilian witness reported seeing three reddish objects with bluish tops about the size of a basketball in the southwestern sky. The objects remained in sight for 45 minutes. The witness was a 23-year-old medical student. Conditions were cloudy with 15 miles visibility. The sighting occurred at dusk. The witness stated that a few Navy jets were flying in the area but did not believe they could be the objects. The Air Force evaluated the case as Insufficient Data for Evaluation.

Reported location

Atlanta, Georgia

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Atlanta, Georgia

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 02/00:52

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Radar
Binoculars
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Interception Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
45 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three

9. COURSE
southwest

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three prong objects, reddish bottom, bluish top, in sight for 45 minutes. Size of a basket ball.

11. COMMENTS
Exact positional information omitted. Only in S and SW. Possible astro sighting. However, cannot conclude case listed as Insufficient Data.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972635