Over Birmingham, Ala., April 1958April 1958

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Summary

On April 10, 1958, over Birmingham, Alabama, two Foxtrot 50 pilots flying west at 31,000 feet spotted a long slender silver object ahead of their flight path approximately 50 miles away, heading north to south. The object was estimated to be at about 40,000 feet near Birmingham. It appeared as a silver streak and seemed to be dropping off and disappearing aft of the flying object, which was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed. No insignia was observed. The sighting was reported by Major Edward H. Avine, Commander, and Captain Donald J. Lang, Opns Officer, 4th Two Target Squadron, George Air Force Base, California. The Air Force evaluation is not indicated in the available documents.

Reported location

Over Birmingham, Ala., April 1958

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                     12. CONCLUSIONS
10 Apr 58                    Over Birmingham, Ala.           □ Was Balloon
                                                               □ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP            4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION          □ Possibly Balloon
Local     0928 PST            □ Ground-Visual    □ Ground-Radar   □ Was Aircraft
CMT 1/10/1958Z              X Air-Visual      □ Air-Intercept Radar   □ Probably Aircraft
                                                               □ Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                     6. SOURCE                       □ Was Astronomical
□ Yes                        Military                        □ Probably Astronomical
□ No                                                          □ Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION      8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE □ Other [illegible]
                              One               South         □ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Not given                                                      □ Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING      11. COMMENTS
Long slender obj. A silver streak(in) Believed to be an a/c dropping
seemed to be dropping off & disappear- practice bomb or fuel tank.
aft of the flying obj which was travol-
ing at an extremely high rate of speed.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977729