Ringgold, GeorgiaNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 7, 1957, a civilian witness at Ringgold, Georgia, reported one object in the sky. The sighting was a ground visual observation that lasted about 30 minutes.

The object was white, about the size of a man's head, with a reddish circle in the center. It moved slowly toward the southwest.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was caused by Venus, based on the description, duration, and flight path. No full report was on file.

Reported location

Ringgold, Georgia

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

GA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| V. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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7 November 1937 Ringgold, Georgia D Probably Bellen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Tomy re
1 O Wos Aircraft
BL —— 2X Greund- Visual O Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircroflt
_our_08701302 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercept Roder |D Possibly Airerolt
PHOTOS « SOURC XX Wes Astronemicol
QO Yes OD Probably Astronomico!
:0 No Civili O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR RR heh. KR CRRPON
O Insufficient Dete for Eveluation
0 Unknown
30 minutes one Sw
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS /
| One white object the size of a man's Description, duration, flight
head with a reddish circle center, Obj | path indicate that this sighting
; was seen moving slowly SW and was in was caused by Venus, :
sight for 30 minutes,
| No report in file,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) }
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974189