Cockburn Harbor S Caicos Island, Caribbean, May 1958May 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 29, 1958, near Cockburn Harbor on South Caicos Island in the Caribbean, the crew of a Coast Guard vessel reported a single bright object. The sighting lasted about 10 to 15 seconds. The crew described an unusually bright amber fireball with a tail extending vertically upward. The entire horizon was brightly lit for about 30 degrees. The fireball descended slowly and vertically until it disappeared behind the island. The weather was cloudy with a slight sea and a light easterly wind. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the slow vertical descent ruled out a meteor and suggested the object was a flare of some kind, from aircraft, naval units, or a ground installation. Because these sources were not checked, the case was considered insufficient data.

Reported location

Cockburn Harbor S Caicos Island, Caribbean, May 1958

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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B bye! | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: Cockburn Harbor | O Wes Balloon |
29 May 58 S Caicos Island, Caribbean |O Probably Balloon i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION lito fs ion
f Local | x8 Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 8 Probes Revered |
eMT__29/0420Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE XX Nas Astronomical
O Yes ; 10 Probably Astronomical
No ; Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE II cosine |
- © tsi Data for Evaluation
| 10-15 secs one falling i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Bright amber fireball w/tail extend Slow vertical descent rules |
ing vertically upwards. The entire horjifout meteor. Obj was a flare of
zon was brightly illuminated. The fire} some sort from either a/c in |
ball descended slowly & vertically area, naval units if fleet in
until disappearing behind the island. area or fm a local ground
installation, These sources not
checked & case is considered as
insufficient data, i
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : -
_ A SRR AS ASA 5 6 50 FAS A Ep jist |

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