Nashville, Tenn., September 1950September 1950

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Summary

On September 17, 1950, residents around Nashville and Cookeville, Tennessee, reported odd streaks of light in the sky shortly before 6 p.m. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The source was newspaper articles.

Witnesses described two orange hued parallel lines of light moving slowly across the sky in a southwesterly direction at a great height. Some thought they were rockets or jet trails, while others called them balls of fire. One radio station manager said more than a dozen people called to report the streaks. Weather observers offered no precise explanation but were not alarmed, suggesting it was probably a reflection.

The file contains the newspaper clippings but lists no formal Air Force conclusion.

Reported location

Nashville, Tenn., September 1950

Date of incident

September 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

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