McClellan, AFB, May 1957May 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 4, 1957, at 10:25 a.m., an airborne operations center mission at McClellan Air Force Base in California reported sighting a meteor-like object of yellowish-red color passing in front of the aircraft at 10,000 feet going in an east-west direction. A second object of similar description passed in front of the aircraft at 8,000 feet and was described as similar to an afterburner on an F-102. The observation lasted 5 to 8 seconds. Two USN submarines were reportedly in the area. Land-based radar detected no known aircraft in the area. Crew members speculated the USN's may have rocketed from a nearby danger area. The Air Force evaluation was negative, finding insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

McClellan, AFB, May 1957

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 May 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 01/10257 & 10137

5. PHOTOS
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5-8 seconds

2. LOCATION
McClellan AFB

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[X] Air-Visual

6. SOURCE
AF pilot

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two

9. COURSE
E to W

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A meteor like object of yellowish red color passed in front of aircraft at 10,000 feet going in East-West direction. Another object of same description passed in front of the aircraft at 8,000 feet and was described as similar to afterburner on F-102.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Concur with intelligence officers comments, that they were probably rockets from nearby firing range.

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