Huntsville, AlabamaJanuary 1958

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Summary

On the evening of January 2, 1958, in Huntsville, Alabama, two civilians reported a single bright object in the sky. The sighting lasted about 2 seconds. They described a very bright, white ball, brighter and larger than the planet Venus. It was white at the start and turned greenish toward the end. There was no breakup. The object moved to the northwest. The report was gathered by a local astronomical group and passed through Army channels to the Air Force. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was a meteor.

Reported location

Huntsville, Alabama

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

AL / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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He ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . | o
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i : O Was Balloon
2 Jan 58 Huntsville, Alabama O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Z TYPE OF OBSERVATION © Peasiily Baligon
evening 3 y O Was Aircraft
] Loe) meee XGround-Vi sual o Ground Radar a Probably Aircraft
GUE ‘0 AirVisval O Air-Intercep? Radar O Possibly Aircraft
; S. PHOTOS BE Was Astronomical Me teor
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR i SE at)
i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation] |
FE 2 secs one NW 5 mE
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i A very bright, white ba 11, brighter confirmed as a meteor,
{ .! and larger than Va2nus, White at the
| beginning and turning greenish toward
i the end. No breakup observed,
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976362