Erie, PennsylvaniaMarch 1957

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Summary

On March 4, 1957, civilian and military witnesses at Erie, Pennsylvania, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was red and cigar shaped and looked about eight inches long.

The object moved up and down. It was watched, by eye and through binoculars, for about 25 minutes.

Based on the description, the long duration, and the up and down motion, the Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a balloon.

Reported location

Erie, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

PA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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- PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE  « ° 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: | i : O Woes Balloon |
4 March 1937 Erie, Pennsylvania. Probably Balloon
: : 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
} . ; : O Was Aircroft
| Li ne rena X& Ground- Visual DO Ground-Roadar |@ Probably Airerafr |
: : GM _05/06230Z INTIAL O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
G 5. PHOTOS 1 . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
I R¥e Civilian & Military O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE A 0]; 1) § SR RA COTE) A SS SIR
{ ; O Insufficient Data for Evaluctian {
; i 8 0 ‘Unknown !
. .}_ twenty-five minutes one up and down i
| D. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; :
One eight inch long red cigar shaped Description, duration, up and
object moving up and down. Object down motion indicate that this |
| was seen visually and through bino- sighting was probably caused by | t
culars for 25 minutes, : a balloon. |
; a No report on file,
p A | ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
- 2 AJ

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