PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6779560

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONLas Vegas Nevada

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PROJECT I0073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
10 Jan 54 Las Vegas, Nevada Was Balloon
00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Lecal XXX Ground- Vi sual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
Probobly Aircraft
GMTl1/0715Z1 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS a Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probably Astronamical
Q No civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBEROS OBJECTS COURSE Other
minutes 000 Insufficient Data Evaluation
23 Unknown
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGH TING 11. COMMENTS
Spherical obj 12' in diameter, Balloon released from Nellis AFB at
boserved at 80o elev,340 AZ/ peared 0705z would be over location
stationary. of observer. Confirmed balloon sig ting.
ATIC FORM 26 92P 52) 26 SEP 52)
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"F0 TAN1957 11/07152 LAS VE gAS, 0SV
13
Iclnis m
13 JAN1854 09 36 Eftia
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3liteg
RE2060
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YDD187 90
XYC224
XMB130
JWPNJ 075
PP JWFDL JEDEN JEDWP JEPHG 444
DE JWPNJ 020
P 151630Z P 151630Z
FM COMDR NELLIS AFB NEV FM COMDR NELLIS AFB NEV
TO JEDWP/COMDR AT TO JEDWP/COMDR ATIC PATTERSON AFB OHIO PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEPHQ/D/I HQ USAF WASHDC
JWFDL/COMDR CTAF RANDOLPH FB TEX JWFDL/COMDR C RANDOLPH FB TEX
JEDEN/COMDR ENT AFB COLO
MR144A SUBJ: UFOB. IN CONP WITH AFR 23O-2. THIS MSG IS IN TWELVE .
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DISCERNABLE NEGATIVE TRAIL NEGATIVE SOUND. PART II OBSR NOTICED OBJ
WHILE TENDING LIVESTOCK. ANGLE OF ELEVATION FROM OBSR SS DEGREES F
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OBSRS STOPPED WATCHING TO CALL NELLIS AFB FOR APPROX 2 MIN OBJ
DISAPPEARED LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGNT 13 MIN. PART III METHOD OF OBSR
GROLND-VISUAL OPTICAL AIDES WERE NOT USED. PARF IV OBSR AT DTAS TO
3728 PST 11 JAN 54 LIGHT CONDITIONS DAY. PART V. OBSRS LOCATION
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HAS ELEVEN YRS SVC AS AN AF PILOT AND LEFT THE SVC JUN 1953.
PART VII. OBSRS ACCT OF WEA CLEAR WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS WEA STA GAVE
BALLOON AT D705 PST FROM NELLIS AFB AND BALLOON WENT NEARLY STRAIGHT
715 BALL0ON WAS AT 13206 FT AND
AT 0728
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PART X N/A. PART XI NUMEROUS A/C WERE IN THE AREA NEGATIVE REPORTS
OF UNIDENTIFIED A/C MADE WITH THIS OFFICE. PART XII PREPARING
OFFICER ACTING GP INTELL OR
REVIEWING THE SIGHTED WAS THE WEA BALLOON RELD FROM NELLIS
AFB C
15/23502 JAN JWPNJ
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rore-cnly 13 January 1954
NE United States, Canads
7.y.HT. 14/#54
1
is
the matter will be corrected." the nu
and s
3 States Report latter's
Flash in Sky Mr.
Magy
A fery object, tentatively that
identifted by astronoms as a "Wh
meteor, flaahed over section over section ticke
meteor, flaahed T0
of New York State, Pennsyl- of New York State, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio. and vania, Ohlo. and southern
Canada at dawn yesterday, Canada at dawn yesterday,
startling hundreds of per-
sons, many of whomn sons, many of whorn notined notinied
police and airport omcials. omicials.
The object J88 seen about seen about
7 a. m. at such widely separ- 7 a. m. at such widely separ-
ate points as Marietta, Ohio;
Ottawa and Troy, N. Y. Wit-
nesses described it variously it variously
as meteor, meteor, a burning 'air- air-
plane, an plane, an airplane fare, a fare,
lightning bolt, a aheet of fre, lightning bolt, aheet of fire.
bell of
fire. It'was
objectatry
FUROPE'S
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