SE Of Madrid, Spain, August 1959August 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 1, 1959, at about 1948Z, southeast of Madrid, Spain, an observer reported a bright object. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The witness described a yellow-green object about the size of a baseball, with the look of a balled fist, about 70 to 80 centimeters long. It followed a straight path with no maneuvers. It gave off pulse emissions that lasted about one second, with no explosion.

The record card concluded the observation had all the characteristics of a fireball.

Reported location

SE Of Madrid, Spain, August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i] .
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E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
g : O Was Balloon
: 1 Lug 59 SE of Madrid, Spain O Probably Balloon
: _— | 1 Possibly Balloon
= 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
§ 181.8 IEC : i 0 Was Aircraft
| Local ae a 8{Ground- Visual ‘ O Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
: CMT 01/10482 Lug 59 D AirVisuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 1X Was Astronomical Lictecr
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
| B.No : Militar: O Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Orhwr ili i
4 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i ph 0 Unknown
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a 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Yellow-green obj, size of baseball, appear Observation possessed all '
FE ance of a balled fist, 70-80 centimeters long. characteristics of fireball.
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4 Straight trajectory w/no maneuvers. Had pulse
i emissions which lasted approx one sec
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