Chingmai, Bangkok, February 1958February 1958

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Summary

On February 9, 1958, around 6:10 p.m., near Chiengmai (in Thailand), many people reported a low-flying object moving at high speed. Witnesses, including several Americans, said it moved from west to east at an altitude reported between 600 and 800 feet. Descriptions varied from a rocket shape to round, with colors such as a white nose, orange body, and black tail, plus a white vapor trail with puffs of smoke or green vapor. Some heard a rushing or swooshing sound, but most heard nothing. A French priest about 60 miles to the west also reported a fast object trailing white vapor. The next day, people near a nearby town reported the object had come down in the mountains and felt tremors like an explosion. Ground searches found nothing. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was apparently a fireball.

Reported location

Chingmai, Bangkok, February 1958

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
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4 1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS !
- % 0 Was Balloon
g 9 Feb 58 Chingmai, Bangkok 0 Probably Balloon
4 eS em mae se eS sy = O Possidly Balloon
F 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i 6:10 PM = Vi fl 0 ‘Was Aircraft
FE Coca Savas bali bugis a 8 Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Raodar OQ Probably Aircraft
EE emT_09/11107 | 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
A 5. PHOTOS [8- SOURCE & Was Astronomical ME tEOT
E O Yes O Probebly Astronomical
4 a Neo : Cav ad iag 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | NUMBER OF OBJECTS | %- COURSE |g Other
1 0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 ; i 0 Unknown
A varied- secs one Wve
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. Several observers gave varying des- Apparently a fireball,
3 ‘jf criptions such as rocket shape to
3 rnd & with various colors-white nose
E pgece, orange body, black tail- white
EE vapor trail with intermittent puffs o:
E smoke or green vapor, Some claimed to
3 have heard a rushing or swooshing sound.
p Most heard no sound.
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