Glendale, CaliforniaNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 17, 1957, at around 8:27 p.m., a reddish yellow ball of fire emitting smoke and a flash was observed over Glendale, California. One civilian witness reported the object appeared to be falling east to west. The object was described as typical of a fireball or bolide. A police officer also witnessed the event and found it reliable. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was possibly a meteor.

Reported location

Glendale, California

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
17 November 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 17/1427Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Reddish yellow ball of fire, emitting smoke and a flash. Appeared to be falling East to West.

2. LOCATION
Glendale, California

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[x] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
West

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Aircraft
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[x] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Although the time duration is not given, the description is typical of a fireball or bolide.

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