E. Of N. Carolina, August 1959August 1959

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Summary

On August 17, 1959, at about 0921Z, an aircraft crew reported an object over the ocean, east of North Carolina toward the West Indies. The sighting was reported from the air through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The object was shaped like a rocket and about the size of a pencil held at arm's length. It was white with a pink cloud and a bright, conical glow. The glow changed from white to green to orange.

The record card noted the object may have been a research rocket launched from Wallops Island near Virginia. It noted that such a rocket emitted a 100-mile sodium vapor trail.

Reported location

E. Of N. Carolina, August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

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5 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i E. of N. Carolina O Was Balloon

B A BC IE of Vest Indies [RIEby Raion

i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Y

i F O Was Aircraft

& Local EP TEE rT Al o Ground-Vi sual o Ground-Radar [me] Probably Aircraft

E GMT 114 09212, 17/ Q9LT7Z £“Ain Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar GI Fossibly Alveraty

. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

i O Yes O Probably Astronomical

ne : 2 ” 0 Possibly Astronomical

¥ O:No Pan American Pilot Fi 4p

4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ‘OX Other NASA Rockeh
a SRST DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation] |

8 20 mins 0 Unknown

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g 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

2 Obj shape of rocket, size of pencll, white Possibility exists that obj sighted
b | w/pink cloud. Bright glow, conical in shape. was a research rocket launched fm

3 white, then green, then orange glow. Wallops Island near Va. This rocket

i emitted a 100 miie sodium vapor trail
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984190