Stead AFB, NevadaFebruary 1957

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Summary

On February 14, 1957, an Air Force detachment at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada, reported a single object. The witnesses included a control tower operator and a weather observer. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was a flat, oval shape about the size of a nickel, with a blue center, a green ring, and a red light flashing in the middle, like two saucers placed face to face.

The object stayed in nearly the same spot for about two hours, then moved rapidly to the right toward azimuth 245 degrees and dimmed until it looked like a star. It was at about 20 degrees elevation and was viewed through binoculars. The red light flashed about 12 times a minute. The sky had broken clouds.

The Air Force concluded the object was probably the bright star Arcturus, which records placed in that position. The card noted that broken clouds moving between the witnesses and the star would give it a flashing and color changing look. The evaluation given was probably astronomical.

Reported location

Stead AFB, Nevada

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

NV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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REE t eta PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; | |
i. |v DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Fe / ; i ! 0 Was Bolloon : |
14 February 1957 Stead AFB, Nevada 0 Probably Balieen
{ - ; 0 Possibly Balloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP Z TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
eC ES SN BX8Bround- Visual O Ground-Raodar | g felch AE |
GM 11/99037 . O AirVisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOYOS 5. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical 4 T1 IB
: ys 3 O Yes y | : BX Erakasly Astronomical fURU
be Bie rs A BE ol D ossibly Astronomico
"J. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ae] 1] Eee
} i O Insufficient Dato for Evaluction
‘ . : 5 0 Unknown
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| {10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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3 One object shape flat plane, oval, sizgq The fact that the object did not f- §.. |
; of nickel, golor, blue center, green apparently move for Z hours, ob ianes
: ring or orbit with red flashing light served through binoculars (which |
iv center. Object appeared to be two magnified image) and ATIC's
| {saucers placed face to face. Object ‘cneck that bright star ARCTURUS
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plat about 8 minutes then was was in the position rptd, Stronglj
rapidiy dimmed out. indicates that it was a star. Rpt
| Da also states that the sky was 5
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movement of the clouds between thé
ap objs and star would give it an
| appearance of flashing & odd coldrs
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