Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UFOB Index Card and Incident Report — Tallassee, Alabama, November 1957
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A civilian in Tallassee, Alabama, reported a 40-minute sighting of a tear-shaped, fluorescent object on November 20, 1957. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data to identify the object, suggesting it may have been a star.
This document consists of a UFOB Index Card and associated teletype communications regarding a sighting reported on November 20, 1957, in Tallassee, Alabama. A civilian witness reported observing a single, tear-shaped, fluorescent object for a duration of forty minutes. The object was described as moving in an up-and-down motion near the horizon without touching the ground. The report was processed by the 3800th Air Base Wing of the United States Air Force and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center. Official evaluations of the incident were hampered by a lack of data. The final assessment noted that the description, duration, and flight path of the object indicated the possibility that the witness had observed a star. The file includes internal notations from investigators stating that there was very little information available to conduct a proper evaluation, leading to a conclusion of insufficient data.
There is very little info. here to evaluate, only that a florescent, tear drop shaped object had been seen. Nothing else.
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Official Assessment
Description, duration, flight path indicate possibility of star.
The object was described as a tear-shaped, fluorescent object observed for 40 minutes moving up and down near the horizon. Evaluators concluded there was insufficient information to make a definitive identification, noting the possibility that the object was a star.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian