Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJuly 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On July 2, 1958, just after midnight, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a civilian reported a single object in the night sky. The sighting lasted about 6 to 8 seconds. The object looked like a point of light, about the size of the head of a pin held at arm's length, and yellowish in color. The witness was looking at the sky to predict the weather when he saw it. The object moved in a straight path across the sky from west to east at about 45 degrees elevation, then disappeared with flashing lights. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object had typical meteor characteristics.

Reported location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
ade O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
DO Was Aircraf
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ont 02/00597 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . E BX Was Astronomical Mo teor
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE I cisions
- © rsh Data for Evaluation
6-8 secs one W to E i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Point of light, size of head of pin, Typical meteor characteristics
yellowish color. Obj disappeared w/ and description,
flashing lights,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978773