Canal Zone, Panama, December 1957December 1957

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Summary

On December 19, 1957, observers in the Canal Zone, Panama reported a round object about the size of a nickel or dime. One observer said it was an orange-yellow ball with a blue-white trail. A second observer said it was a blue-white ball with a yellow-red tail. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the description and duration matched a meteor.

Reported location

Canal Zone, Panama, December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD x

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

0 Was Ball

19 December 1957 Canal Zone, Panama 0 Probably Bel leon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
] Lecal | XP Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar e lt AOR oft

cmMT_20/03357 03352 ERE NG 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S.. PHOTOS - SOU XXWas Astronomical M@teor
0 Yes QO Probably Astronomical
2xNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION - NUMBER OF OBJECTS. | 9. COURSE QF OF beh
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

& . O Unknown
: - 10 seconds one |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Roond object, size of nickel or dime, The description and time of
: First observer stated orange,yellow duration of the object is that of
ball with plue-white trail, Second a meteor,
; observer stated blue white ball with |

yellow red tail, 15 inches long at
arm's length, Had rapid movement and : |

intense light,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976213