Bristol, TennesseeSeptember 1958

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Summary

On September 28, 1958, civilian observers at the Tri-City Airport control tower near Bristol, Tennessee, reported a bright object. A highway patrol officer in the city of Bristol also saw it.

The object was round and about the size of a pea, with a white glow. It started as one object, then broke into several pieces. It had a long tail and made a glow in the sky. The object appeared to come toward the observer, then veered to the northeast. It was in view about 10 seconds before it appeared to burn out instantly.

The weather was high thin scattered clouds with 15 miles of visibility. The reporting office stated the description appeared to be a meteor. The witness said it looked like a meteor except that it was very bright and stayed in view for a long time.

Reported location

Bristol, Tennessee

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

TN / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
- 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: : O Was Balloon
28 September 10592 Bristol Tennesse 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 14. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Ballaan
[yp] Je ee TO Ri Ce nla i XBround- Visual O Ground-Rodar = Probably Aircraft
& GMT 28/09002 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireralt
i 5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE BO: Was Astronomical .4. LOL
| a Yes DO Probably Astronomical
| No Civiiian : D Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BF Other dallas ss ah bai giaa
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
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: sky. Appeared to burn out instantane-
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