UFOB Index Card AISS-UFOB-797-57 and Associated Teletype

This document consists of two parts: an index card (AISS-UFOB-797-57) and a teletype message (2046FS-11-M-63). The index card summarizes a sighting that occurred on December 12, 1957, in Lake City, Tennessee. A single object was observed for 41 minutes, during which it was tracked on radar and seen to be descending. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the object was probably a balloon. The second page is a teletype message from the Commander of the 2046th AACSRON at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, dated December 12, 1957. This message details a sighting of a round, white, ball-of-fire-like object that was moving slowly from the northwest to the southeast. The object was observed for three minutes near Eureka Road and Telegraph Road, three miles east of Wayne, Michigan. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with scattered high overcasts. The teletype concludes with an assessment that the description and movement of the object, combined with wind directions, suggest it was a lighted weather balloon launched from a nearby airport shortly before the time of the sighting.