Declassified UFO / UAP Document
U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet — Sighting Report, November 1953
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A civilian witness in Guadeloupe reported a bright, descending, cigar-shaped object on 1 November 1953. The U.S. Air Force officially evaluated the sighting as a meteor.
This document is a U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet detailing a sighting report from 1 November 1953. The witness, a housewife, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon while on a terrace in Grand Terre, Guadeloupe, with her husband and another couple. The witness described the object as a very bright, whitish, cigar or cone-shaped entity that appeared at approximately 5:45 P.M. The object was observed for roughly 18 seconds as it descended and eventually disappeared into the ocean. The witness noted that the object appeared to emit smaller objects of similar brightness as it fell. The witness explicitly stated that she had seen meteors before but believed this object was extraordinary and did not look like a meteor. She was encouraged to report the sighting by a co-pilot from Pan American. The official Air Force conclusion recorded on the form is that the event was an astronomical observation, specifically a meteor.
I have never believed in flying saucers etc. but this object was most extraordinary - I didn't think much about it till a co-pilot of Pan American told me I should report it.
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Official Assessment
Astronomical (METEOR). Evaluated as a meteor observation.
The object was evaluated as a meteor observation by the Air Force.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Housewife
Key Persons
- [illegible]Husband of the witness