Sewart AFB, TennesseeOctober 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 14, 1957, a witness at Sewart Air Force Base in Tennessee reported a single object in the sky. The report was made by military personnel. The sighting was a ground visual observation.

The object was round and bluish white. It stayed still until it faded from view. It was in sight for about 30 minutes.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said there was insufficient data for analysis. Officers noted it could possibly have been a star, a planet, or a comet. Positional data was not included and no full report was on file.

Reported location

Sewart AFB, Tennessee

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

TN / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE y 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Vos dt AP | |
14 October 1957 Sewart AFB, Tennessce Q Probably Balleon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TL FUSE een |
TH i q O Wos Aireroft :
OU scsissiislisassisiinimivisstodaiiaiep KX Sround- Visual O Ground-Rodor O Probably Aireroft
1 emy _14/23597 MXAi~ Visual O Air-Intercept Rodor |D Possibly Aireroft
5 PHOTOS : 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical : E
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical A
0X No g Military DO Possibly Astronomical
TRESPNRILCORL AIT
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD) OINO0 iiiiinin pumsimimisiini spins | |
Ix ii brn Date for Evaluotion :
6 d i 0 nknown
_. thirty minutes one stationary |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One round bluish white object seen Insufficient data for analysis,
stationary until it faded, Object Possible mtar or planet, possible |
was in sight for 30 minutes, comet, Positional data not includexl.
No report infile, oo |
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