Caracas, Venezuela, May 1958May 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On about May 15, 1958, over Caracas, Venezuela, a formation of objects was reported as flying saucers. The report came from technicians of an air control department of a Venezuelan postal air line, as printed in a Brazilian newspaper. The objects were described as circular and were said to have moved with extraordinary speed before disappearing to the northwest. No exact date or time was given for the sighting. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the objects were probably meteors, based on the formation, straight flight, and speed. Because the brightness and duration were not reported, the case was considered to have insufficient data.

Reported location

Caracas, Venezuela, May 1958

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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f / WBIS LATIN AMERICA #: 99,
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RLYTNG SAUCERS=--Techaicians of the air control derartrent of the ; i
venezuelan postal air line repert that a forration of Jlying saucers was :
geen in the Caracas skies, The technicians said that "tize Toratlon :
j disappzaved in the northwest.and that its saucers, circular as Ae ik :
soucers have been described on many 0:casions, moved with extraorcinary speed.
(zyp8 Smo Paulo, ley 21, 1958, OLkO ol--) |
: July 15, 1948 :
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: ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
D Wos Balloon
__DR 15 May 1958 Caracas, Venezuela 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon
RE — 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Roder a it CA GE |
GMT not reported XXAir Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor DO Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS et 0 or 160. SOURCE OD Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical i
Be ee © | Noucsueuini Military. fF Fectlbly Arsenic |
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other hr Re
Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
not reported formation NW tl
Ea oA a Ta eR Ree ll Cs ST os ae ee
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Formation of flying saucers reported in Probably meteors based on forma-
razilian newspaper to have been observed tion, straight flight and speed, |
by Venezuelan air patrol. No date given However, luminosity and duration /
as to the sighting, Formation of not reported, Case is, therefore,
circular seucers disappearing in the considered as insufficient data, |
NW moved with extraordinary speed,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) & a ii |

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