Baffin Island, Canada, November 1957November 1957

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Summary

On November 25, 1957, at 12:32 a.m., a civilian observer on Baffin Island, Canada reported a sighting lasting 6.5 minutes. The witness observed a starlike object that was clearly defined with no tail and disappeared quickly. The object moved west to east at 42 degrees southwest, then 30 degrees southeast, and 75 degrees zenith before going behind a cloud. It reappeared and moved overtaking stars for about 6.5 minutes total before disappearing quickly. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was Unknown.

Reported location

Baffin Island, Canada, November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 25 November 1957
2. LOCATION: Baffin Island, Canada
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for various conclusions]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
GMT: 25/1232Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual, [  ] Ground-Radar, [  ] Air-Visual, [  ] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 6.5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One

9. COURSE: SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Starlike object, clearly defined. No tail. Disappeared quickly.

11. COMMENTS: Probably [illegible].

5. PHOTOS: [X] Yes, [  ] No

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 AUG 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975224