W Port Washington, WashingtonNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 5, 1957, at 8:02 p.m., a civilian in West Port Washington, Washington reported sighting a round, white, medium-sized object that remained stationary and then faded away. The sighting lasted 15 minutes. An astro plot showed Venus to be in the southwest approximately 20 degrees above the horizon at the time. Major C.W. Finnegan, Senior Controller, believed the sighting to be Venus, the evening star. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

W Port Washington, Washington

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

WA / 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
5 November 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 06/0233Z
5. TYPE
Yes

2. LOCATION
W Port Washington, Washington
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, white, medium sized object, stationary, then faded.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
An astro plot shows Venus to be in the SW approximately 20 degrs above the horizon.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973175