Marietta, Ga., November 1957November 1957

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Summary

On November 6, 1957, a civilian reported a round object about the size of a large orange with a rusty red color in the sky near Marietta, Georgia. The object appeared to have a tail roughly one yard long and moved across the sky. The witness did not estimate the object's speed. The sighting lasted one minute. The Air Force concluded that Aurora Borealis was being reported in the skies and that this accounts for the sighting.

Reported location

Marietta, Ga., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6-7 November 1957

2. LOCATION 3
Eastern U.S., N.Y.
2 Glens boro, N.E. & X. Ate-N/1C
Marietta, Ga. & Pennsylvana

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 27/0130 2

4. PHOTO(S)

5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION(S) Aircft Indt
O Ground-Visuel O Ground-Radar
O Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
SSE

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Possibly Balloon
[checkbox] Probably Balloon
[checkbox] Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
[checkbox] Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
[checkbox] Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1. Round object about size of large orange, rusty red. Appeared to have tail about 1 yard long. Appeared to move across sky apesd not estimated.
2.

11. COMMENTS
Aurora Borealis was being reported in the skies. It is believed this accounts for the sightings.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973303