Bynum, AlabamaDecember 1958

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Summary

On December 6, 1958, on a clear moonlit night, a civilian guard at the Anniston Ordnance Depot in Bynum, Alabama, reported an oval object. The report reached the Air Force after several days, so it was forwarded without personal interviews.

The object was oval, about 6 to 8 feet in diameter and about 4 feet high. Its color could not be told, but it was visible from reflected moonlight. The witness saw it at about 75 feet altitude moving at 10 to 15 miles per hour. He followed it in his car, lights off, for about a quarter mile. The object teetered from side to side, then stopped and hovered over a warehouse for a few seconds. It then left at a terrific rate of speed to the northeast. The report states there were no exhaust pipes, propellers, or noise.

The weather was clear with no inversion. The Air Force concluded the object was a balloon, stating the description was characteristic of one.

Reported location

Bynum, Alabama

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

AL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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: : PROJECT 10673 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 Was Bolloon
6. Dacramlasar. |952 ED Raita in TRA TREE Dx Probably Balloon |
curse Cemoel 49) | Bynum Eaibaimge se nul ERAGE] b= she : |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
: 8 0 Was Aircraft
; [ey | fed Sind hg SARs 2 Ground- Visual €) Ground-Rodar 00 Probably Aircraft
GMT 08, BRN HA 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar OD Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
£} No Civilis 5 O Possibly Astronomical
be a EINE a se em Ye del BC CSR SS CSS ER) |
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO eisai a
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
‘ t A 0 Unknown
4. fa 47 mins one ENR es le ee
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oval obj 6 to 8 ft in diameter & | Description is characteristic
about 4 ft in height. Obj stopped of a balloon.
in mid-air & hovered, then
disappeared at a terrific rate of :
speed.
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