Camp Hill, AlabamaOctober 1957

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On October 14, 1957, a science class at Camp Hill, Alabama, saw an object in the sky. The witnesses were a science instructor and a student at a military academy. They were watching for an artificial moon (a satellite) when they saw the object. The sighting was a ground visual observation made with 8x57 binoculars.

The object was round and reddish yellow. It was very small compared to the artificial moon. It moved at a very high rate of speed in a straight line across the sky from north to south. It then disappeared behind buildings. It was in sight for about 10 to 12 seconds. The object was about 75 degrees above the horizon. The witnesses estimated a very high speed. The sky was high overcast with clear conditions reported by the observers.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. An officer believed the observers were reliable. The Air Force listed the conclusion as possibly astronomical, a possible meteor.

Reported location

Camp Hill, Alabama

Date of incident

October 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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si PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | Ai
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Bolloon
4 Q ber 195 amp Hill, Alabama o Aap +14 aa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Fl a Bm |
2042 £xGro Ground- O Wes Aircraft
Te ———— grip ars es d-Reder O Probably Airerof?
OMT... 15/01422 (o] Pit svol O Air-Intercept Rodar |D Possibly Aireroft
3. PHOTO » SC : O Wes Astronomicol Meteor
O Yes ODO Probably Astrenomicel
: XINo Civilian EX Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BI issn :
2 oe para Dete for Evaluation
nown
10 seconds one South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Round, reddish yellow object, very Possibly meteor, :
small compared to artificial moon,
very high rate of speed, traveling
straight across sky north to south,
disappeared behind buildings,
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972199