Panama Canal Zone, September 1957September 1957

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Summary

On September 21, 1957, at about 2240 (10:40 p.m.) local time in the Panama Canal Zone, a military witness saw one rapidly moving object. It appeared to come through a gap formed by hills at a low altitude, below the clouds, which were at about 1,600 feet. The object made no sound and gave off a glowing light over its whole surface. It was about the size of a C-54 plane's body seen a mile away. The sighting lasted 5 to 10 seconds. The object suddenly vanished with what looked like a sharp upward movement. The Air Force record card lists the conclusion as astronomical, describing the object and its course as those of a bolide.

Reported location

Panama Canal Zone, September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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HEE ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD { i
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: ODO Wes Bolloon
21 September 1967 Panama Canal Zone 0 Probobly Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tay Seown
: O Was Aireroft
J PA DEP) XX Ground- Vi sval (») Ground-Rader o Probably Aireroft :
| : eM322/0340Z Q Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rader |O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE XXWes Astronomicel Meteor
| O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
| XX No Militar OD Possibly Astronemicol
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE TN iconiiiissass
; O Insufficient Dato for Evaluetion
0 Unknown
| 5 —- 10 seconds one se
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Rapidly moving object appeared to come| Description & eourse of object
| through a saddle formed by hills at are those of a bolide., :
i a low altitude, Definitely below cloudf
Bg | which were at 1600 ft, No sound, Emittpd :
I a luminous light over its entire sur-
! face. Object similar in size to a C-54
i fuselage as seen at 1500 ft a mile dis} :
tant. Object disappearocd suddenly with
what seemed an erratic upward movement :
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