CELEBES, February 1953February 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 23, 1953, a strange egg-shaped object was observed over Corontalo in North Celebes, Indonesia. The object radiated a grayish-green light with a red light visible from its tail. It flew swiftly in a north to south direction. The sighting was reported by a civilian. The Air Force concluded the report contained insufficient data for evaluation and noted a likely meteor observation with distortion in reporting.

Reported location

CELEBES, February 1953

Date of incident

February 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
rpt reported
23 Feb 53

2. LOCATION
CELEBES

3. SOURCE
CIVILIAN

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1
ONE

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
NOT REPORTED

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
GROUND VISUAL

7. COURSE
SOUTH

8. PHOTOS
O Yes
X No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
O Yes
O No

10. CONCLUSION
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION

Essential Elements omitted. Likely meteor observation with distortion in reporting. INSUFFICIENTDATA

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Egg Shaped O.J. radiating green grey light with red light on tail. Swift flight from North to South.

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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