West of Portugal, October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 22, 1957, west of Portugal, a civilian reported sighting a strange object approximately 40 degrees above the western horizon passing south to north at high speed. The observer reported the sighting to a Venezuelan Air Force call sign YUCAME. The Air Force received the report through New York Air Operations Center. The object's description and movement led investigators to conclude it was probably a meteor, and definitely not Sputnik. No further information was available.

Reported location

West of Portugal, October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 October 1957

2. LOCATION
West of Portugal

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
LST
GMT 22/1938Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not given

7. [illegible]

8. SOURCE
Civilian

9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Strange object approximately 40 dgrs above western horizon passing south to North high & fast. No further information available

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[X] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

11. COURSE
S to N

11. COMMENTS
Definitely not sputnik. Probably a meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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