Uruguay, July 1958July 1958

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Summary

Starting July 7, 1958, people across a wide area of Uruguay reported a glowing object in the sky. The reports came from many departments of the country, from Rocha to Soriano. Witnesses described a self-luminous, spherical object that gave off a bluish-white light. Reports came at about 1430 (2:30 p.m.) and again near 2030 (8:30 p.m.). Some people heard a sound like an explosion. Air France and Iberia airline crews also reported a strange light.

A Uruguayan committee investigated the case and held five meetings. The committee concluded the object showed special, hard to explain features. The U.S. Air Force reviewed the material along with reports from a wider area. On the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force marked the case as astronomical, concluding it was a meteor sighting. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Uruguay, July 1958

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Bolloon
Urugua DO Probably Bolloon
3. OATE-TIME GROUP 2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —{0 Possibly Belloon
Local 1430,8009 2030 Ground. Visual O Ground-Redor a Srabtty Mireratt
[TT J————— Ain Visvel 0 Air-Intercept Rodor D Possibly Aircraft
S.. PHOTOS : . SOU (XXWeas Astronomical Meteor
O Yes O _Probobly Astronomicol
XH No cI1ovl D "Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION %. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B DIN
DO Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
® not reported one not report obs
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Multiple reports from Uruguay of two Self luminous object. Reports
objects with particular emphasis on t from wide area and comparison
w030 sighting. Pricipal witness is one to rpt of U.S. evaluated as
Barrios. Meteor indicates that this was
| | also a meteor sighting.
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