West Point, MississippiAugust 1958

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Summary

On the night of August 15, 1958, three people on the western edge of West Point, Mississippi saw an unusual object in the sky. The object was round, about the size of a silver dollar, and glowed reddish blue and white. It moved parallel to the ground and remained visible for 45 minutes before disappearing without any obvious change.

The three witnesses were considered reliable by Air Force investigators. They included an electrical engineer with 8 years of experience, a telephone operator with 27 years of experience, and a 59-year-old housewife. One of the witnesses noticed the object first and called the others' attention to it. The sighting occurred on a clear night at 0230 (2:30 a.m.).

The Air Force sent the report to multiple commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. After analyzing the available information, 1st Lieutenant Walter A. Mestra, the intelligence officer at the 4228th Strategic Wing, concluded that the findings revealed no possible explanation for the sighting. The case was marked as unknown and no conventional explanation was offered.

The full case file, consisting of 13 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

West Point, Mississippi

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

MS / US

Page count

13 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 5
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17 August 1558 West Point, Mississippi DO Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TRY |
O Was Aircreoft
ro ye ————— XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor O Probably Aircraft |
GMT__49 0230Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5S. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomicel :
O Yes OD Probably Astronomico!
© No Civilian D Possibly Astronemicol
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RE Ne |
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: O Unknown |
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 1). COMMENTS |
Rnc¢, reddish blue & white obj, size o Insufficient info, To cva. 1
silver dollar, Moved parallel to ground. No azimuth or elevation, |
In sight for 45 mins, No manner of diga- Astronomical sighting of ..:... !
ppearance indicated, or planet indicated.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979461