Red Oak, GeorgiaOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 25, 1957, a witness near Red Oak, Georgia, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted about two minutes.

The object was white. It was about the size and shape of a parachute. It appeared to float downward.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force listed the case as insufficient data for evaluation. An officer questioned in the comments why it was not simply a parachute. No full report was on file.

Reported location

Red Oak, Georgia

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD >
I. DATE 3 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
8 ps,
28 0 Nhe 7 Red Oak gored shart 1.4 —
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION PI Waren |
O Wes Aircraft
GM 25/01007 0 AirVisvel O Air-Intercopt Rodar |O Possibly Aireroft |
5. PHOTOS JOURCE O Was Astrenomicol gr :
Q Yes O Probably Astrenomicel
v OD Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Wii iim istinin |
Sh KXnsulficient Dete for Evaluation
O Unknown |
0 _ Miplte one 0 0 QOWDWALC
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
|
| One white object the size of a Why not pamachute???
parachnte (shage of parachute also). | Insufficient data because:
Object was seen floating downward obvious analysis rejected.
for two minutes.
No report in file, 1
j ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972431