Porto Alegro, Brazil, December 1957December 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 5, 1957, a report from Porto Alegre, Brazil was forwarded to the Air Force as a newspaper article attached to an intelligence report. The article said Brazilian military personnel were watching an object that resembled a star or planet, and that the object appeared to separate. Reporters were said to have been called to witness it. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card lists the conclusion as insufficient data for analysis.

Reported location

Porto Alegro, Brazil, December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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Py A ETAL TE he a Ct AE A Te Ee aI ERR DT —— 21 .
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1 ; : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Tasha)
"1. oaTe 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
5 December 1957 Porto Alegro, Brazil O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION By Lopnby, Betleen |
: re (0 (1 SEES Sty sual DO Ground-Radar 2 itl Stag L5af
out 05/16002 a] Bi awa O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aireroft
S. PHOTOS « SOUR 0 Was Astronomical
OYes O Probably Astronomical
0 Ne Ba ET O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE alo { 1 ER EE SR
XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not reported one or two not reported? Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
| Newspaper article forwarded with IR, Insufficient data for analysis.
' | Reported that Brazilian military were
| | observing object resembling star or
planet and that it separated, Apparently
newsmen were called to witness the obj -
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) X
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975720