English Channel (France England), April 1957April 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 29, 1957, radar over the English Channel near France picked up a fast object. The report came from a news clipping, not a direct sighting. The object was tracked moving at a speed in excess of 900 miles per hour. Royal Air Force jet fighters were scrambled to chase it, but they did not make an intercept.

The record is Project 10073, the Air Force's official file for unidentified flying object reports. The card describes the case as probably an aircraft. The comment states the object was believed to be a French model of a new type of aircraft during testing. News accounts cited in the file linked the object to a new French jet fighter.

Reported location

English Channel (France England), April 1957

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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| JE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Fh :
: I. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Was Balloon
fj Log Anwiaidesy 0 L Biagl ish Channel (France. |B. Hroably Balloon
| | 3 DATE-TiME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BACAR). |G ste 2 /een
: y 0 Was Aircraft
| Lecab 3 sop 0 Ground- Visual L:Ground-Radar EhsErobably Aircraft
GM LE DR VPRROT eo Air Visual O Air-Intsrcept Rodor o ossibly Aircraft
; 5. Sle 6. SOURCE 01 Was Astronomical
Yes ODO Probably Astronomico}
p A. No Nows Clipoing O Possibly Astronomical ;
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (o):5(0} § 7 Y po Ae RE
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
§ not epid clone cs ipofo pode colin
: 19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Object flying in excess of 900 mph Believed to be French modal of
: picked up on Radar screen, Jots scram-| new type a/c during testing. :
bled and contact made. Possible test .
4 a/c,
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) bi Ria

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