S Of Nogales, ArizonaMay 1958

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Summary

On about May 22, 1958, around 2:00 p.m., south of Nogales, Arizona, a civilian and his wife reported a single object falling from the sky. They were driving when they saw something come down that looked like a meteor and land about 10 miles from the side of the road. It was a brilliant white ball surrounded by flames. The object traveled from south to north, nearly straight down toward the ground. The witness offered to mark the spot where it came down. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded there was no reason to think the object was anything other than a meteor, since it was reported as one.

Reported location

S Of Nogales, Arizona

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

AZ / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
22 May 58 S of Nogales, Arizona : Probably tho
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION agi duis
loeal 2:00 PM . RX Ground-Visuval 0 Ground-Radar a robabl y Aireroly
oMT22/21007Z DO Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE XX Was Astronomical Meteor
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
: No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BI sits
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
not given one S to N
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
Obj fell fm the sy which looked No reason to conclude that
{1ike a meteor & landed about 10 miles | object was not a meteor since
fm the stile of the road. It was a it was rptd as such,
brilliant white ball surrouned by |
; flames, | :
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