Project Blue Book Case File
Travis County Prison, GeorgiaNovember 1957
Summary
On November 5, 1957, at Travis County Prison in Georgia, a civilian observer reported sighting an unidentified object at approximately 12:22 a.m. local time. The object was described as aluminum, rocket-shaped with a nose like a basketball, with four exhaust or red smoke from the tail. The sighting lasted 15 seconds. The object moved from north to southwest at a level flight path and faded out of sight. A senior director at a direction center stated the object was very high and extremely fast and could not be determined to be a jet aircraft. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.
Reported location
Travis County Prison, Georgia
Date of incident
November 1957
State / country
GA / US
Page count
3 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unidentified
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 29