Georgetown, South CarolinaDecember 1957

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Summary

On December 2, 1957, around dawn, a witness near Georgetown, South Carolina saw one bullet shaped object. It was about as wide as a pencil lead and roughly half an inch long, with a fiery yellow color. A tail trailed behind it, about ten to twelve times longer than the object. The tail was multicolored, with orange, green, purple, and reddish pink. The object faded out of sight. It was in view for about eight seconds. The witness was watching the horizon while duck hunting. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The object moved in a smooth arc that seemed to follow the curve of the Earth, heading east-northeast. The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a meteor. It noted the duration was too short for a rocket fired during naval operations in the area.

Reported location

Georgetown, South Carolina

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

SC / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD s :
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
| 2 Dacembar 1957 Georgetown, South Carolina |B Ffrebobly Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BERNE FRNA.
; i O Was Aircraft
cus D8 LARS TA 0 NE O AirVisual 0 Airintercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
5S. PHOTOS . R BX Was Astronemicallie tor
O Yes d Erahobly {tisnomiast
Q Ne Civilian ossibly Astronomical 3
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [Bg 0] {7 Y SARC Sheer nd We AT ET
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown 4
8 seconds one ENE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bullet shaped object, approx diameter Duration too short for rocket
| of pencil lead & about 3/2 inch long, fired during naval operations in |
Fiery yellow, Slight break ifmme2 behind| area, Probably m2teor sighting,
object, Tail appeared ten to twelve
times longer than object, Multi-
colored orange, green, purple, reddish
pink, Faded out of sicht,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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