Delevan, WisconsinNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 5, 1957, a civilian in Delevan, Wisconsin observed a round, bright red object spinning and blinking on and off. The object flew from west to east and was visible for five minutes. It was small in size and appeared to be at a considerable distance. The course indicated the object traveled west to east with some south and up movement. Weather conditions were cloudy with calm surface winds. No air traffic was known in the area. No physical evidence was recovered. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Delevan, Wisconsin

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

WI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Delevan, Wisconsin

2. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 05/2330Z

3. PHOTOS
Yes

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
five minutes

7. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

8. COURSE
W to E

9. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round bright red object spinning round and blinking on and off. Obj was seen flying west to east and was in sight for five minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably caused by an a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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