Philadelphia, Miss., November 1957November 1957

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Summary

On November 8, 1957, around 11:20 p.m. GMT, a civilian near Philadelphia, Mississippi reported two bright orange cigar-shaped objects. The sighting lasted about 3 minutes. The two objects had pointed tails and flew wing to wing. One object seemed to drop below the other.

The objects had a contrail and moved from north to south. One object moved up and down before they faded out in the distance. The witness was an artist from Meridian, Mississippi, watching from about ten miles away. The sky was clear.

The Air Force concluded the objects were aircraft. The record said the description, duration, and flight path all pointed to aircraft. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Philadelphia, Miss., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PCS SE UFOB INDEX CARD 4 |
1. DATE Y y) I) 7 2. LOCATION : | 12. CONCLUSIONS
fc WA FY - Phila dlphia O Was Balloon
d 9 Biss. : a Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION _ Q Possibly Bolleon
08/23202 Nov 57 ff Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 3 oop ASAP
0 Aire Visual Q AirecIntercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
Q Yes ; O Probably Astronomical
5 No yd’ O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CET RRA Pee
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Three minutes Owo NtoS NL —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS (
Two bright orange cigar shaped objects seen| Description, duration, flight path
flying wing to wing. Objects moved from N to [indicate that these were aircraft. :
] S and were in sight for 3 miRgutes. | |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974248