Milan, Italy, June 1957June 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 12, 1957, at 7:30 p.m., a bright point of light was sighted over Milan, Italy. The object came from the East and moved westward at high speed in a zigzag path. It lowered over the city, grew to the size of a hen's egg, and stopped at an estimated altitude of 5,000 feet. The object appeared green-yellow in color and was rotating on its axis. After 17 minutes, it moved toward the upper atmosphere, leaving two white-orange vapor trails before disappearing. The observation was made through field glasses by a civilian witness after a heavy storm. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unidentified.

Reported location

Milan, Italy, June 1957

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

? / XX

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 June 1957

2. LOCATION: Milan, Italy

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 1930 / CMT 19/1830Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual EX [] Ground-Radar [] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: [] Yes [] No Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One [] Maneuvarad

9. COURSE: (blank)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 17 minutes

8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Bright light approaching from East to West over city after zigzag path at high speed. Lowered over city becoming as big as hen's egg. Bright yellow color. Stopped over city at estimated altitude of 5,000 ft. Appeared to be rotating on axis. 17 minutes later the object zoomed off to upper atmosphere leaving white orange vapor trails. WX at time was just after a storm and sky is particularly clear. Observation through EX.

11. COMMENTS: WX conditions & background conducive to misreporting data for this evaluation not conclusive & case is considered as unidentified.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970242