Between Mockville & Arrity, N.C., March 1957March 1957

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Summary

# Between Mockville and Arrity, North Carolina: March 1957

A truck driver in rural North Carolina saw a remarkable object in the night sky on March 8, 1957. According to the case file, the object was about 30 feet long with a round nose, gray-white in color, and glowed with a bright green light. The witness observed it from inside his truck window for roughly two minutes.

The object approached from the northwest and made a complete circular path before disappearing to the northeast. As it moved, the object descended from an altitude of 2,000 feet down to about 500 feet. No sound accompanied the sighting. The witness described a flame about 30 feet long coming from the object.

The Air Force evaluated this sighting but the case file shows limited investigation results. A note on page three indicates that weather data was unavailable because the report arrived three days late. The Operations Officer at the 668th Air Control Squadron, based in North Carolina, provided no additional comment. Without supporting evidence from radar, corroborating witnesses, or weather analysis, the investigation appears to have stalled. The Air Force's final determination is not clearly stated in the available records, though the case card notes the evaluation as "unknown."

The full case file, consisting of 16 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Between Mockville & Arrity, N.C., March 1957

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

16 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Y x gs . Paar ~ 1 of 3 : hh) 3 | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : | | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i 0 Wos Balloon ; 8 Marcoh 1957 Re 5 M kville & Arrity o Probably Balloon § |5 OATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION N.C B.fassiny Bolland 1 2400 EST : is 0 Wos Aircraft 4 bodal._— = R:6round- Visual D Ground-Radar BX Probably Aircraft 1d MT 29/05007 : a Air Visual 0 Air-Iintercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft i 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical i Q Yes : O Probably Astronomical | i. go iol tan O Possibly Astronomical 4 1 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cs ln 13 ARE DiS SA i SEE im] ad D Insufficient Dato for Evaluation fi two miputes : one then NE hh 4 gE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 1 bne object long w/round nose, 30 feet Possible a/c sighting, jet wy | pi long color gray-white, green light very afterburner, SN 7 1 bright width of nose--flame 30 feet. . i lL long, no sound, alt 2000 feet to 500 Ta § [eet, Object faded from view. El { ! i | : EF ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 4 : "