Hellenburg, Germany, January 1957January 1957

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Summary

On January 27, 1957, a civilian on the ground at Hellenburg, Germany, 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 ball shaped, an intense black and white, with a fiery red trail.

The object moved on a downward arc from about 70 degrees to 20 degrees and was watched for only three to four seconds. The witness said it exploded before it hit the ground. The object headed toward the northwest.

The Air Force concluded that everything in the report pointed to a bolide, which is a bright fireball meteor.

Reported location

Hellenburg, Germany, January 1957

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
] 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Wos Balloon
P| 27% dianuany 1857 Hellenburg, Germany e Eionanly Eaiiean
BF | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEM BLY, ONIN
i { i 0 Wos Aircraft
1 Local EHS VE Re 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft
: Felt by peg 27/062357 0 Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Me ieor
i 0 Yes {CX Probably Astronomical : j
£:No civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
ER LE TT To rarer Cc
I | 7. LENGTN OF OBSERYATION I'8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Oi ORE EE ss NE tL
p 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
Ei ais O Unknown
4 3-4 seconds one siecle NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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1 A ball-shaped object, intense black- Everything here suggests that the
4 white, with a fiery red trail was seen object was, without doubt, a
i by observer on ground, It was on a bolide (fireball). See Dr,
FE downward arc from 70 to 20 dgrs. Olivier's and Dr, La Pas' rpts.
i Observed for only 3-4 seconds. Exploded
4 before it hit the ground,
§ Rpt not on file,
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