15 Mi W of Russellville, Ala, December 1957
- Date of account
- 1957-12
- Location
- 15 Mi W of Russellville, Ala
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 2 December 1957 15Mi of Russellville, Ala 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION N/A Locel. Ground.Radar 口 Was Aircraft GroundVisual 口 Probably Aireroft GMT. O AirVi swal D Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYo Physical 口 Probably Astronomical aNe Original: Farmer & Sheriff 口 Possibly Astronomical Specimen 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE cxothorTip Tank 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown N/A one N/A 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Report of a hole or path 40 ft long, Further inquiries indicated that 3 ft wide with burnt metal particles object was an aircraft tip tank from Sheriff （in turn) - to 3rd Army accidently dropped. Hg - to G2, Ft McPherson, Atlanta,Ga. to Maj McCoy, Robbins AFB, Ga.- to U
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