Hawthorne, NevadaAugust 1957

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Summary

On August 18, 1957, a civilian near Hawthorne, Nevada, told the Air Force he had seen objects in the sky over about a month. He reported more than 2,000 objects in that time. He said he was sure they were saucers. He said they moved at various speeds and in different directions. The record card for Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the observer as unreliable. The card notes there was no report in the file. The Air Force did not give a clear cause for the sighting.

Reported location

Hawthorne, Nevada

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

NV / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
; 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Woes Balloon
| 18 August 1857 n pi O Probably Balloon i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION BE
0 Was Aircroft {
: ON GB; Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft |
: GMT O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft !
5. PHOTOS 46. SOURCE O Was Astronomical {
O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
TX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XXOthewZObh Unrelb. Rp
0 Insuffici ion |’
aver 2 ; 000 E heb Dota for Evaluation
E - » + » 1 3 ’
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Source reported seeing over 2,000 : {
objects over a period of a month, He is = Unreliable Observer, : {
sure that they are"saucers' They had Pe .
various speeds and directions. 5 ;
Bie !
: 2.
No report in file,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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