Lake Worth, FloridaNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 26, 1957, near Lake Worth, Florida, a civilian witness reported seeing one star-like object with a reddish color moving between clouds. The observation lasted several seconds. The object moved from south to north. The Air Force source was civilian. No photos were taken. The Air Force noted that several aircraft were in the vicinity at the time. The report mentioned Russian satellite No. 1 (Sputnik) was sighted in the area around that time. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was unidentified, citing insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Lake Worth, Florida

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 26 November 1957
2. LOCATION: Lake Worth, Florida
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible]
GMT: 25/2332 N
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: X No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Several seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
9. COURSE: SSE to NNW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object star-like, size of dime, color reddish. Movement in between clouds.
11. COMMENTS: Not Sputnik in this direction. Several a/c in vicinity, sighting possibly a/c. Possibly meteor. No conclusion on limited data.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for various options; "Unidentified" appears marked]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975365