NE France, September 1957September 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 12, 1957, near Ne France, a military observer sighted one round object described as silver dollar-sized, light gray or white in color. An object was hanging beneath the sighted object emitting smoke or flashes of light. The object rose rapidly and disappeared. The observation lasted 4 to 5 seconds. The sighting was ground-visual. The Air Force evaluation concluded the object had typical balloon characteristics.

Reported location

NE France, September 1957

Date of incident

September 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: 12 September 1957

2. LOCATION: NE France

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 12/1250Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
(checkboxes) Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
Checked: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS
(checkbox) Yes

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 4-5 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: vertical

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round object, size of silver dollar, light gray or white. An object was hanging beneath the sighted object emitting smoke or flashes of light. Object rose rapidly and disappeared.

11. COMMENTS
Description of object is of typical balloon characteristics.

12. CONCLUSIONS
(checkboxes) Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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