Travis County Prison, GeorgiaNovember 1957

Unidentified

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

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      12. CONCLUSIONS
5 November 1957                 Travis County Prison, Georgia     [] Was Balloon
                                                                   [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE/TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [] Possibly Balloon
Local                          XB Ground-Visual                  [X] Was Aircraft
GMT    05/2244Z               [] Ground-Radar                   [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [] Air-Visual                    [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes                          [] Air-Intercept Radar
[X] No                         6. SOURCE                         [] Was Astronomical
                               Civilian                          [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION                                        [] Possibly Astronomical
15 seconds                     8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE  
                               one                   NB to SW   [] Other
                                                                [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  11. COMMENTS                    [] Unknown
aluminum rocket shaped obj with nose The obj probably a jet a/c rptd
shaped like basketball. Four ft to be in area at time of sighting.
exhaust or red smoke from tail. Hiss-
ing sound. Had level flight path &
faded out of sight.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973042