South Eastern U.S., April 1957April 1957

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Summary

On April 22, 1957, military and civilian witnesses across the southeastern United States reported three to four objects at about 11:30 p.m. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The objects were described as a green ball.

The objects moved from north to south and disintegrated. They were seen at the same time by many people in places such as Pensacola, Panama City, Mobile, Montgomery, Lake Charles, Robins Air Force Base, Savannah, and McComb. One report from Thomasville, Georgia, described a brilliant fireball that broke into hundreds of blue and white parts and was silent. No noise was heard by any observer. The skies were generally clear.

The Air Force noted the object appeared close to all observers but was seen across the whole region at once, which indicated it was very high. The card concluded the sighting was a meteor of the bolide type.

Reported location

South Eastern U.S., April 1957

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 1» Ad oA (a Mi 12. CONCLUSIONS
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1 or 0 A C0 Vos Balloon |
4 22 April 1957 South Fastern U.S. 2 Beabatly golloen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
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| Ey pe Re a ARN A #6 Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar g al |
GM BRACE VR 5056 A 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
: 5. l= 6. SOURCE TQ Was Astronomical JIC LOY
; O Yes ODO Probably Astronomical
No Maris anda Cay D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fi eee A ER A SA SA |
3 O Uaesictent Data for Evaluation -
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| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Three to Four objects described as a This sighting no doubt was a meteor
creen ball moved from North to South of the bolide type,
i and disintegrated, Seen by numerous
i people all over S.E,, U.S. at same .
i time which indicated object very high
i although appearing close to observer,
FE ATIC FORM 320 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969637