Kisalon, Mindanao, Phillipine, May 1958May 1958

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On May 17, 1958, near Kisalon on Mindanao in the Philippines, a civilian, a Catholic priest, reported a single object in the night sky. The sighting lasted less than one minute. The object was a very bright, silvery-bluish round body that gave off sharp rays all around and was more brilliant than the planet Venus. It seemed to linger in a small upward curve and then dash down again, covering about a 90-degree arc. It moved generally to the north and disappeared behind a mountain. There was no light streak behind it. The priest was described as an experienced and qualified observer. 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, with the change in its path attributed to atmospheric conditions.

Reported location

Kisalon, Mindanao, Phillipine, May 1958

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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j ll PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
: ; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; _|@ Was Balloon
i 17 May 58 Kisalon, Mindanao, Phillipiple Probably Baloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION AL be Ami
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: hy pre J 7 SE 6 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Riobakly Alversts
: CMTE Zo/8l OR ZL 0 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ; XIX Was Astronomical Meteor
: 0 Yes D Probably Astronomical
: 30¢No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bf TO hep asn bly bial GR he
; 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: : 0 Unknown
i less than 1 min one North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A very bright silvery bluish rnd Meteor sighting fluctuation in
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more brilliant than Venus, It seemed atmospheric conditions,
to linger in the small up curve & then
: dash down again, Covered 90 deg arc in
9 less than 1 min,
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