Baileys Bay, Bermuda, September 1958September 1958

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Summary

On September 14, 1958, in the evening, a steamship captain and four members of his family reported an unidentified flying object from the veranda of their home at Baileys Bay, Bermuda. They described one object the size and brilliance of the planet Mars, traveling very rapidly and at a high altitude to the northeast. They watched it for 5 or 6 minutes before it disappeared. No sound was heard. The report reached the Air Force after a local newspaper reporter queried the base.

The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was probably the satellite Sputnik III, though no firm confirmation was available because the date-time group was omitted. The same record card also contains a separate, unrelated radar case from Wheelus Air Force Base, Libya, on September 14, 1958, where an unidentified return appeared on radar scopes; that case was attributed to possible weather phenomena or equipment malfunction. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Baileys Bay, Bermuda, September 1958

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1.-DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| : a Probably Bell
l4 Se ber 195 Baileys E B¢ C hit +L A hat
3 OATETINE GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION sebbbi eat
ET — XB Ground: Visual O Ground-Reder - Broa Areva
) eMT__Svening QO Ain Visual O Air-Intercept Rader | 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS » SOUR S io Ko agit
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hiv | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronemieel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Q Other
va O Unknown
0-6 minutes one | NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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traveling very rapidly & at a high confirmation availabic, Luz
alt to the NE. No sound, to omission ot DTG,
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; VERANDA OF THEIR HOME AT BAILEYS BAY, DERIMUDA WHEN THEY SAW ON
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| AND AT A HIGH ALTITUDE TO THE NORTHIAST. THEY WATCHED IT FOR 5 OI
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