Atlantic Ocean 380 Mi E Of Langley AFB, Va., October 1959October 1959

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Summary

On the night of October 21, 1959, a Navy seaman aboard a picket ship in the Atlantic Ocean, about 380 miles east of Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, saw a light. The man was on the flying bridge taking observations.

The object was a tear-shaped, bluish-white light with vapors following it. It moved from east to west and seemed to follow the curve of the earth, but instead of going past the horizon it looked as if it burned out. The light lasted about 10 seconds. The night had broken clouds with good visibility.

Radar showed no trace or contact at that time. The report found no correlation between the sighting and any known object. The Air Force concluded the description was similar to a meteor at high altitude. The card lists the case as astronomical, a meteor. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Atlantic Ocean 380 Mi E Of Langley AFB, Va., October 1959

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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; : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE i LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Atlantic Ocean 5 "Was Ballsan
21 Oct | 380 mi BE of langley AFB, Va,  |O Probably Bealleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1 Passi oly Barlooh
{ 0 Was Aircraft
VL ps EE A PR RS o - f
hres Mano) hin O Ground-Radar a Probably Airerafr
GMT 0507Z 0 Ai Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS/ 8. SOURCE Was Astronemical Meteor
O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
= ® (PY Military C Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ya RM SS a
] a pul oem Dato for Evaluation
10 secs cne West is L
i LO TR EE El i Sse RI Se Gd te rs EE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ji COMMENTS ;
Tear-chapsd, bluish white ligat w/wapors Description is similar to a meteor
folhowing. Appearsd to burn out. at high alt.
ATIC FORM 329 (REY 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985148