Sea of Okhotsk USSR- Japanese area, November 1957November 1957

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Summary

On November 26, 1957, an air crew flying at 15,000 feet near the Sea of Okhotsk in the USSR observed one object with a bluish-green trail. The object flashed from right to left in a flat downward trajectory, then arched down and exploded with a greenish-white flash. The sighting lasted 2 to 3 seconds. The Fifth Air Force ATLO office determined the object was a meteor based on the bright bluish-white light of short duration, the direction and termination by explosion, and the object's size being comparable to the planet Venus when viewed at night.

Reported location

Sea of Okhotsk USSR- Japanese area, November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                                    2. LOCATION                             12. CONCLUSIONS
26 November 1957                          Sea of Okhotsk                          [ ] Was Balloon
                                          USSR - Japanese area                     [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                                                                [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local: _______________                  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION                   [ ] Was Aircraft
GMT: 26/1304Z                            [ ] Ground-Visual      [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                                 [ ] Air-Visual        [ ] Air-Intercept Radar [ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Yes                                  6. SOURCE                               [X] Was Astronomical Meteor
[X] No                                   RP-30 (USAF Crew)                      [ ] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION                                                          [ ] Possibly Astronomical
2 - 3 seconds                            8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE      [ ] Other_____________
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING            one              | SW Lo NE        [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                                            [ ] Unknown
While flying at 15,000 feet, air crew   11. COMMENTS
observed one object with a bluish-      From the basic data given together
green trail flashed by from their right  with characteristics, time dura-
to left in a flat downward trajectory.   tion and description of object,
It arched down & exploded w/a greenish  it appears that the object was a
white flash.                             bolide (fireball).

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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