Knoxville, TennesseeAugust 1957

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Summary

On August 13, 1957, at dusk, a civilian near Knoxville, Tennessee reported a sighting. The observation lasted about three minutes. The sky was clear.

The witness saw one reddish orange object shaped like two letter Vs pointing toward each other with their open ends out. It was about the size of a human fist held at arm's length. The object appeared southeast of Knoxville and flew a straight course at an elevation of about 30 degrees before fading into the distance to the southwest.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as probably aircraft. The duty director noted it was probably a jet with an afterburner on, and the reviewing officer concurred.

Reported location

Knoxville, Tennessee

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

TN / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIGNS
O Wos Bolloon
13 August 1957 Knoxville, Tennesseea O Probably Balloon
O Possibly Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i BE a IR Ee we RX Bround- Visual O Ground-Radar 4 Probably Alrerets
i GM 14/01137 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
g s. = 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
5 O Yes O Probebly Astronomical
8 a No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
2 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OOhrs en
I O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
? : ; DO Unknown
5 three minutes one straight Frm
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
3 One redish orange object shaped like Concur with Reporting Officer that i
- two "V"s pointing toward each other this sighting was probably caused
and the size of a human fist. Object by an aireraft, 4
was seen flying on a straight course Foo
§ and was seen for three minutes, ¢
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