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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228911

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONAlantic Ocean275Mi EOf Cape Cod Mass

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j PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS

Atlantic Ocean

Wos Balloon

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_ 2 November 1957 270 Mi E of Cape Cod, Mass JO Probobly Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION O Possibly Bolloon |
i " O Was Aircraft
Local : : 7 O Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rodor O Probobly Aireroft
omy_0 3202217 02/624427 D-Air Vi sual O Air-Intercep? Redor |° Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0% Was Astronemical 2:2 0 COrs
O Yes aan 0 Probably Astronomical
XG Ne Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE — eS Ee
9 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluction
3 seconds i each time er O Unknown
A a ee a — a ak: Ss } i —_ = — aad
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Tl. COMMENTS

Two round objects, brilliant white,

Size of pea, resembled star, but

emitting a smoke vapor trail, Appar

ently expioded,. When each object exploded
the cockpit of the a/e was brilliantly :
illuminated, ,

Probably astronoumical, Meteors

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Ie NONE
Light
2Ae MOVING SPECK OF F OGHT RESEMLING STAR.

Be BOTH OBJECTS TRAVELING ON HEADING OF APPROXIMATE Lyng)

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DEGREES TRUE

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Ce. OSJECTS TRAVE LING PARALLEL COURSE TO EARTH WHEN EXPLOSION.
TOOK PLACE.

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D. BOTH OBJECTS MOVING GOUTH TO NORTH} PARALLEL TO AIRCRAFT
NO DEVIATION FROM FLIGH PATH NOTED.

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E. APPARENTLY EXPLODED

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Hay 2 ew

DEGREES TRUE} 248 MILES TAS$ OTIS AFB, MASS.
LA. FIRS) SIGHTING-932231723 SECOND IGHTING-9372447
Be NIGHT

SAe FIRS SIGHTING-HJJM 18563 SECOND SIGHTING-HJJN 492 2s,(20r PY PP Fe

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Be CAPTAIN EDJARD PERTERSON, SG6iST AENECON SO (13 YEARS RATED
PILOT) AND 1/LT GAYLON OVERTON, 9SIST AEW&CON $9, (2 YEARS RATED

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PILOT). ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY-3B-2.
7Ase UNDERCAST BELOW$ CLEAR AT ANGELS 5 AND ABOVE
Be SURFACE-229 DEGREES, 15 KNTS
$343 FT - 323 DEGREES, 24 KNTS

16833 FT - 299 DEGREES, 22 KNTS
22383 FT - 295 DEGREES, 25 KNTS
33334 FT - 278 DEGREES, 49 KNTS
59093 FT - 249 DEGREES, 35 KNSTS

Ce 39%" TO 1233" BROKKEN

De 3-6 MILES

E. OVERCAST

F. NONE
Se NONE
9. NONE

Ze NONE

ft. WING INTELLIGENCE OFFICERe THE TWO OFFICERS THAT OBSERVED THE
PHENOMENON STATED THE SIGHTING WAS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF ANY FALLING
STAR OR COMET THAT THEY HAD SIGHTED ON NIMEROUS OCCASIONS. IN EACH
CASE, WHEN THE OBJECT EXPLODED THE COCKPIT OF THE AIRCRAFT WE BRILL@-
IANTLY ILLUMINATE De NO ANALYSISI OF POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SIGHTING.

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