E Of Ascension Island, July 1958July 1958

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Summary

On July 2, 1958, about 9:15 p.m. (universal time), east of Ascension Island, the crew of the steamship African Planet reported a single bright object. They described a bright red missile-like object traveling from west to east that broke apart in mid-air. The report reached the Air Force through military command channels. 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 probably a bolide, which is a large, bright meteor.

Reported location

E Of Ascension Island, July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: O Wes Balloon
2 Jul 58 E of Ascension Island O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
O Was Aircraft
BOT hiss histones XIKGround- Visual 0 Ground-Redar Q Probably Aircraft
emt. 02/21152 (s] ADV; phoard O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOU ®R XWas Astronomical Moteor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
B¥o Steamship African Planet il sib iii
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE TITTY isis indians
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
not given one W to East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A bright red missile which disinte- Probably a bolide, ‘
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