PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9554520

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONCELEBES

FRAMES2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

Bey DATE“ TiN =D iME GROUP 2. LOCATION

23 Fed 53 CELEBES

3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION

CIVILIAN INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
=| Essential Elements omitted. Likely meteor observation with
ONE d istortion in reporting. INSUFPICIENTDATA

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS .
Fag Shaped dj radiating green grey light with red light on

NOT REPORTED tail. Swift Plight from North to South.
5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

GROUND VISUAL

7. COURSE
SOUTH

3. PHOTOS

O Yes
rg No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

Oo Yes
© Ne

FORM
FTD sep 43 0-329 (TDE) previous sitions of this form may be used.

FRAME 002 / 002tesseract-200dpi

hk 7 Ler CR cL assiFIED

ATIC Document 108992, Flying Saucers over Indénesia, 23 Feb 53

& strange egg-shaped object was observed over Gorontalo in North Celebes on

23 Feb 536 This object radiated a grayish-green light and a red light was

seen from the tail, The object flew swiftly in a north to south direction,