Birmingham, AlabamaNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 4, 1957, at 5:10 a.m., a civilian in Birmingham, Alabama reported seeing one soft glowing yellow object traveling very fast. The witness observed it through a car windshield and said that unless you looked directly at it, you would not see it. The object was visible for a glimpse. The sighting occurred during ground-visual observation. One object was reported with an unknown flight course. The Air Force comments noted a probable meteor sighting. The evaluation concluded that information was too limited for further evaluation, describing it as a possible reflection from windshield.

Reported location

Birmingham, Alabama

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

AL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
4 November 1957                 Birmingham, Alabama            [ ] Wes Balloon
                                4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              [ ]Ground-Visual              [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local__________________         [ ]Ground-Radar               [ ] Was Aircraft
GMT 05/2010 05Z                [ ]Air-Visual                 [ ] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [ ]Air-Intercept Radar       [ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Yes                         5. SOURCE                      [ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] No                          Civilian                       [X] Probably Astronomical
                                                               [ ] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS   9. COURSE
                                                       [ ] Other_________________
glimpse                         one                    unknown   [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                       [ ] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  11. COMMENTS
One soft glowing yellow object, travel  Probable meteor sighting.
ing so fast that unless you looked dir-
ectly at it you would not see it. Obj
was seen through windshield of car.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972759