Lagrange, GeorgiaDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of December 21, 1957, a witness in LaGrange, Georgia reported seeing a very bright object in the sky. The sighting lasted only about two seconds. The object appeared bright blue-white and resembled an arc light, the kind used in theatrical or industrial settings. To the witness, it looked like a shooting star moving at extremely high speed before vanishing from view.

The object was traveling southward and appeared to be between 15 and 20 miles high, according to the observer's estimate. The Air Force recorded that the witness could not determine how far away the object actually was or how fast it was moving.

The Air Force's official evaluation form noted that the earth was passing through several meteor showers at the time of the sighting. However, the file indicates there was insufficient data for a proper evaluation of what the witness saw. The case was marked unidentified by the U.S. Air Force.

The full case file, comprising 13 pages, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Lagrange, Georgia

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

13 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Es] OO Was Balloon range, Georgia O Probably Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon i O Was Aircraft LE —— ad 1-1 Ady 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft cmT_21/2300Z2 0 AirVisual O Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical QO Yes O Probably Astronomical XX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BORE ea Bx tnauiisiont Data for Evaluation not given one | Westward ran 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ! 1. COMMENTS Object with appearance of star, silver, Insufficient data for proper 15 to 20 miles high, : evaluation, | ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) :