PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6782648

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSOf Knoxville Tennessee

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
11 November 1957 S of Knoxville, Tennes xProbably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local_. :Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
0 Probobly Aireraft
GMT... 12/0055Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0O Was Astronomical
Yes Probably Astronomical
A.No Civilian D PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION LNoiher.oBsEkvkY 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other._
000 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
5 minutes 5 minutes one one up
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
Object similar to electric : Object similar to electric light bulb, A check with the balloon schedules
size of basketball, yellow then turn- size of basketball, yellow then turn- shows a balloon was launched just shows a balloon was launched just
ing white. Moving up and down taking ing white. Moving up and down taking prior to the time of this sighting.
about 20-25 seconds from one point
to another. Suddeuly disappeared. to another. Suddenly disappeared.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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FM COMDR 663RD ACWRON LAKE CITY AFS
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B NIGHT, F PART 5. GF104, PART 6. A ROUTE
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, (HOUS
PART 12. NONE PART 12. NONE SouTh oF Mochee-Tys 15 r1ghT.
BT BT dk -112
13/1603Z NOV RJEDFL a chich with the ballon achedal
shewa vas launched