Chattanooga, TennesseeNovember 1957

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Summary

On November 25, 1957, a civilian near Chattanooga, Tennessee reported one circular yellowish object about the size of a nail head. The object moved from south to north. It stayed in view for about one minute. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the description, duration, and flight path pointed to the probability of an aircraft.

Reported location

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

TN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
—————————————————— ————————— ——— ——————————————————————————————_ eh —— i  ———— co  ———— 4 nt SE — 0 —— > 2p ——————
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
| 25 November 1957 Chattanooga, Tennessee D2 “Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
: 0 Wos Aircraft
(G07 rc te OR AIT EWA © Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircraft
5 N11 7 ; $
CMY___ 2 / UVa la a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
CVYes DO Probably Astronomical
] Eiki O Possibly Astronomical
XD Ne Civilian 44
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EB) CO her stale Sa AL A i eT
D Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
CUTLER de EN Ta Ra TR SE Ct 0) 9 ANE UL SR TR io 1 SCR NO ST
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One circuiaxry yellowish object the size | Description, duration, flight path
of the head or a nail, Object was seen | indicate probability of aircraft,
: moving from S to N and was in sight |
for one minute,
No. repors: in file,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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