Chattanooga, TennesseeNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 11, 1957, a witness at Chattanooga, Tennessee, reported one object in the sky. The sighting was a ground visual observation that lasted about six to eight seconds.

The object was round and bright beige. The witness estimated it was about 24 inches across. It moved along a straight flight path toward the northwest.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a meteor, based on its short duration. No case file was kept.

Reported location

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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ES PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE y 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 2 : O Wos Bolloon
i 9 November 1557 Chattanooga, Tennessee O Probably Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Betleen
! i 0 Was Aircroft |
7 ET Ane 8 Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Reder a Probably Aireroft |
emMT_U2/02007 O Air Visual O Air-intercopt Rodor |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical Mc toor
O Yes RK Probably Astronomical
gNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BI aii
O Insufficient Date for Eveluation
; Ait 0 Unknown
8 to 8 seconds one NY
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round bright beige object, 24 Duration indicates that this
inches in diameter, Object was seen sighting was probably caused by
! on a straight flight path moving NW a meteor,
and was in sight dor from © to 8 seconis.
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