Between Mockvilleand Arrity radar-visual unidentified-object report — March 9, 1957

On or during March 9, 1957, at or near Between Mockvilleand Arrity, North Carolina, United States, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: The object long w/round nose, 30 feet diameter, silvery white, no sound, aIt 2000 feet to 500 feet, Subject moved about, course irregular, no sound, aIt 2000 feet to 500 feet, climbed slowly from view. The text in the document is as follows: TAB A PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT OF SAN AMERICAN AIRLINE CAPACITY ON 9 MARCH 1957 1. There is no compelling reason to believe that the object observed that night by the pilot of San American Airline Capacity and his co-pilot was other than a meteor, but the object conforms exactly with the description of fireball reports received by the Air Technical Intelligence Center during the last two years. The fact that another pilot 17s miles away observed these same objects at the same time would indicate that the aircraft and guided missiles in the area at the time, and Patriot Air Force Base. advises no operations were conducted at that section. This was not visible at the time and place reported, at approximately 5:30 in the morning, at an approximate cost of $2,000,000. Reference is made to a confidential report submitted by this Command relating to an object observed between Mocksville and Arity, North Carolina. The sighting was reported by an individual in the Mocksville, North Carolina area. This is a preliminary investigation and evaluation of the reported sighting by our intelligence personnel stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB. THESE OBJECTS ARE GENERALLY OBSERVED ONLY A FEW SECONDS ALSO THE OBJECTS WERE NOT OBSERVED BY THEIR RADAR. The objects reported were determined to be JUPITER and SATURN planets, and the location was substantially verified. The facts are that the object was simultaneously observed by a well-known astronomer of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, to which reports are attached.