PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6384480

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONCochransville Pennsylvania

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_UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT PD /FLYOSRPT/ REFERENCE AFL 228-5
1. STAR SHAPED CMA ORANGE CMA ONE CMA NO VAPOR OR EXHAUST TRAILS

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LIGHT

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; 5s OBSERVATION MADE BY SQMMMBE CMA CIVILIAN GROUND OBSERVER

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6. WEATHER CMA FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDERED SCATTERED TEN THOUSAND
BROKEN CMA VISIBILITY ONE FIVE MILES CMA TEMPERATURE FOUR FIVE CMA

DEW POINT THREE THREE CMA ALTIMETER NINE NINE SEVEN PD WINDS ALOFT CMA
5,920 FEET FROM 320 DEGREES AT TWENTY KNOTS

12,923 FEET FROM 329 DEGREES AT ONE FIVE KNOTS
15,203 FEET FROM 249 DEGREES AT ONE ZERON KNOTS
29,002 FEEET FROM 174 DEGREES AT TWENTY KNOTS 7
25,208 FEET FROM 172 DEGREES AT TWO FIVE KNOTS |
' 39,902 FEET FROM 189 DEGREES AT THIRTY KNOTS

35,202 FEET FROM 219 DEGREES AT THREE FIVE KNOTS GE

44,020 FEET FROM 249 DEGREES AT FOUR FIVE KNOTS
7. UNKNOWN PD

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9. NO INTERCEPTION ATTEMPTED PD

1%. NO AIRCRAFT WEREE BEING DETECTED BY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AT THIS

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