Prescott, ArizonaOctober 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the night of October 22, 1959, a pilot flying a C-119 about 10 miles west of Prescott, Arizona, reported an object. The sighting was made from the air.

The object was seen as a light. It was red and blue, then turned green and disappeared. It was to the west of Prescott on a heading of about 270 degrees. No sound was heard. The witness did not give the object's size, the duration, its motion, or how it disappeared.

The sky was clear with visibility of 15 miles or more. Because the witness gave little detail for analysis, the Air Force listed the case as insufficient data. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Prescott, Arizona

Date of incident

October 1959

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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: A acai PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS

fs Wes Balloon

22 Oct 59 Prescott, Arizona 12 Bebobly ito

| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF CBSERVATION aiding Mot en

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A Ey | pede Ee Te RY Ie PII EN 3 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar I Probobly Aircraft

k GMT 23/ 02582 0 Ai~Visval 0 Air-Intercept Radar 18 Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE '!D Was Astronomical

; O Yes {0 Probably Astronomical

| Z No Civilian & Possibly Astronomical

J Pera l AEIE  )  EEE Ne ES IRE [PRR 2. 3, 7, Lf J OO AE SDS (FOE AE SEER eae

7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fell yyy oc eR Ere BR
3 2 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
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i not iven one not given J &
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I COMMENTS

1 1 WX clear visibility 154 winds W & N 6-55 kt3. Source did not state size of. obj,

i Red & blue obj turned green & disappeared. duration of sighting, motion, manner
{ Mo sound. of disappearance, lccation of the 0b,
1 in d4ky or any other pertinent info

i for analysis. Case listed as insuffi
cient data.

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