S Of Crystal Springs, Miss., November 1959November 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the night of November 19, 1959, a civilian woodworker driving south of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, saw an object for about 5 to 6 minutes. The witness was rated reliable.

The object first appeared as a horizontal row of red flashing lights, with the rear slightly higher than the front, which the man thought was a warning beacon. As it moved away, he saw two rows of red lights. When he got out of his truck it was completely silent. The object showed no maneuvers, halted in mid air, then started slowly and increased speed greatly before he lost contact with it. The witness said it reminded him of a helicopter.

The weather was clear and cool. A weather balloon had been released earlier and reached about 114,000 feet, but it carried no lights. The Air Force noted a helicopter may have been seen, but there was not enough evidence to confirm it. The card lists the case as unidentified. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

S Of Crystal Springs, Miss., November 1959

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
RATE CL al re TR  AEATION To Re ONCLUSIONS |
00 Vas Balloon
18 lov 59 S of Crystal Springs, Miss. 0 Probably Belioon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION — E 3 Possibly Balloon |
3 0 Was Ai aft |
Tat JA Ea AOA, $Ground- Visual 3 Ground-Radar 0 Babetty Averats
- CAN — all A: {
SH19/00892 © nl 0 Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
i YT oe Le g 6. SOURCE ; RE BE ESSE Le on 0 Was Astronomical !
Q Yes 0 Frobably Astronomical
Guo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |@ Other UNIDENTIFIED
7 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
5 to 6 mins one not given 8 Unknown
| 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ©]. COMMENTS 0
Horizontal row of red lights, w/the rear Possiblity exists that a hidicopter
] 1slightly higher than the front. Observer was observed, however, there 1s not
at Plrst thought it was a warning beaccn. sufficient evidence to substantiate
Lights varied in degree of intendity. No this conclusion. |
maneuvers. Started slowly & increased spsed
~ tirgmendely.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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