PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7230547

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONTravis County Prison Georgia

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
5 November 1957 ONO smoe Travis Travis County Prisou, G County Prison, Georgia Probably Balloon roodory odlloon
3.DATE-TIME GROUP 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Roder Ox 00 x Was Aircraft
Binoculars Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft
GMT GMT_ 05/22447 05/22447 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 PossiblyAircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE a Was Astronomical
Yes Yes 000 00 Probably Astronomical
O.No O.No Civilian Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Dota Insufficient Data for for Evaluation
45 seconds one NE to SW NB to SW Unknown
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Aluminum rocket shaped obj with nose The obj probably a jet a/c rptd
shaped like basketball. Four ft to be in area it time of sighting.
exhaust of red smoke from tail. His-
sing sound. Had level flight path &
faded out of sight.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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(D) SURFACE-(CALM/ 5,000 - 332/10, 10030 - 29/25,
15000 260/40, 20009 - 293/50, 30000 - 290/80, .
50090 - 260/55. L0
(C) 15,990 SCATTERED NiFE:Clouds
.
f the jit waipm fit
.
Houbtul the obaeer woud
wllit fei 45aicerder .
obably misinteputation of ..
time duration and /or ped fobject.
AGE THREE RJESKB 1B THREE RJESKB 1B e
(D) 12 MILES (D) 12 MILES ...
(E) ) 3/13 . the jit acp. reported to bein the the jit acp. reported to be in the
(F) ara af timo of sighting. ara af time of sighting. ...
NONE NONE
3) 3) NONE
S) NONE SCN 2
SIGHTING .
11) ENTER. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF
SIGHTING COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE GOC OBSERVER STATED .
THAT AS HE WAS SCANNING THE SKY WITH BINOCULARS FROM A
OC TOWER HE SPOTTED THE OBJECT IN THE NE. HE STATED THE
V
BJECT WAS VERY HICH AND EXTREMELY FAST AND IN NO WAY
ESEMBLED A JET ACFT. CEJECT FADED TO THE SW. .....
12) NONE
/N435Z NOV RJESKB /A435Z NOV RJESKB .
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(E) NOSE SHAPED LIKS/BASKETBALL A 5eev iTh
(C) ALUMINUM BiNeculars
6Nov57
(D) ONE
(E) ) N/A S
(F) NONE .
(G) 4 FT EXHAUST OF (RED SMOKE FROM TAIL..
(H) HISSING.
(I) N/A
.
.3E TWO RJESKB 1B
2) (AY GOC POST .
(E) EST45 DEG ELEVATION ANGLE 045 AZIMUTH NE
(C) EST ANGLE 225 AZIMUTH SW
(D) LEVEL FLIGHT PATH ,
(E) FADED OUT OF SIGHT ....
(F) 45 SECONDS
T) (A) GROUND VISUAL
(E) BINOCULARS
.
(C) 1/A
4) (A) 25/22442 2244-5=1744 .
(B)DUSK WOTE: DUSK .
) 3203N S111W 48
(A)
PRISON GA
(B) N/A