PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
16 Jan 54 Picayune, Mississippi 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 1330 local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar XX Was Aireraft
Probably Aireraft
GMT 16/19292. AinVisual Air-intercept Radar o Possibly Alrcraft
PHOTOS SOURCE a Was Astronomical
Yes a Probably Astronomical
No Possibly Astronomical
civilian
7. LENGTH OF OS TION IUMBER QNOSJECTS .COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Dota Evaluation
mimutes one Westerly Unknown
10. BRIEP SUMMAR RY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cylinder shape, silver, no sou,d tail or Duration and level flight indicates
exhuart.Smooth surfaces. Eley 40 AZ O45 probable aircraft sighting. FLight to
moving to 40 elev 315 AZ. Winds from 6,000 West against winds ruling out balloons.
to 25,000 West to East.
. Teen age boys.
2. Reliable-checked.
ATTC FORM 329 (R8 ATTC FORM 329 26 BEP S2) SEP S2)
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. 14/1330C PiCHjUNE Miss 9
Mlti HEADQUARTERS
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE
AND
33BOtH TECHNICAL TRAINING WING
KEESLER AIR MISSISSIPPI
2G 9 FE8 1954
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Report
TO: Commander
Air Tochnical Intelligenes Center
Wright-Petterson Air For rce Base, Chio
AFR 200-2. AFR 200-2.
FOR THE COMIANDER: FOR THO COMANDER:
1 Inel (2 cy) 1 Incl (2 cy) R. M. CHAMBERS
8 Ist. Li., USAF
a/s
Assistant Adjutant Assistant Adjutant
CC: Comdr, TTAF Comdr, TTAF
Gulfport, Viss, Gulfport, Viss,

horizon.
(c) Azimuth 045. abova
horizon.
Appeared to proceed BA
(a Traveled beyond range of vision.
Seventy-fi seconds.
(3) Mannar of observation
Ground-visual.
$} $}$ No aids used. No aids used.
N/A. N/A. .
(4) Ti and date of sightings (4Time and date of sighting:
} } 1619292 January.
Day. Day.
(5) Locations of Observers
icayume, Mississippi.
(6) Identifying informat
(a) Civilians
1 Student,
Picayuns, Miss..
2. Age 19,
Student, Reliable.
(7) Weather and winds and place of
sighting
(a) Low scattered clouds traveling from N to S; wind from
MB, very light, Cbservod elouds moving quite fast.
DISTRISUTION BY OAIGINATOR
ESOION AGE AT SOU.SC.-

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
UFOB
AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Aprncy)
Picayune, Mississippi Keeslor Air Forcs Base, Mississippi
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION
3 February 1954 16 January 1954
PREPAASD BY (OSCOP) SOURCE
Major Jack P. Kern See 6a below
REFENENCES (CURVEl BemiET, dire
None
SUMMARY: 118-"art It.)
1. In aecordance with AFR 2oo-?, ns amended, a roported sighting of
an unidentified flying object in the vicinity f Picayune, Mississippi at
1330 hours Central, 16 Jonuary 1954, was investigated. The data obtained
dividual sections AFR 200-2.
b. Roport Format:
(1)
(a) Cylinder with semisphere at ach end ):
approximation of length is 1 x diameter.
(b) s length. ngth.
(0) Silver, no re Silver,
(d) One. (a)
(0) x/A.
Shape and color only observation.
No sound noted.
ons, such dows
(2) Descriptio objeet
(=) Observers were looking at television antenna and
noted the object enter their field of vision.
_INCLAL
1
GRIGINATOR

AF FORM 112PART II (CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE E INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Apeeg) PEPORT NO.
Keesler Air Force Base 4
PAGE OF PAGES
Investigating Officer was umable to establish a logical
explanation for this sighting since the location is off airways
and in a remote section of the State of Miss. There are no
nearby Air Weather Stations or US Weather Bureau Stations at
whioh an observation balloon could have been released. in-
dividuals concerned made as close an cbservation possible
and both attampte ermine details inasmuch as were
aware of the procerly reporting unidentified flying
objeets as a result publicity news media. The
range and epparent ize of this unidentified object indicates
that it was proba conventionel aircraft.
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AF FORM 112-PART II (CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AiR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM REPOHT NO.
Keesler Air Force Ease PAGE 3 OF 4 PAGES
(b) TID DIRECTION VELOCITY
Surface 20 degrees 14 knots
6,000 ft. 300 degrees 15 knots
10,000 ft. 290 degrees 30 knots
16,000 ft. 280 degrees 30-45 kots
20,000 ft. 270 degrees 50 knots
28,000 ft. 270 degrees 55 lnots
(c) co ft.
(a)
(9) Amount of eloud cover:
Scattered - 2100 ft.
Broken - 2600 ft.
Broken -12000 ft.
-- (x) Thunderstores - -
(3) Nons.
(9) lone.
(10) 3/à.
(11) indetermined
cluding his preli cause
of the sightings.
Flying Sefety Officer, Kessler AFB, lississiopi. This
investigation involved two young male civilians presently an
rolled in the Picayune, Mississippi High School. These indivi-
duals appeared
detail concerning this reported In addition to their
attempted cbtain an additional witness,
a Jusbiee of looztion of the oo-
servers at th sixhting. This was not possible in-
uable to obtain his eye-
object. The veracity
of these individuals was investigated and disoussioss with mature
individuals having knowledge of the lives of these two young men
indicate that there is no lmowm tendenoy in ei ther individuel
tomerd pravirioatlon.
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it disappear M:. be-
lieved in Objnct hallucination.
Both he and
his wif Toport is
the papers. Gxee
NewShErT..
iched the flight pi ab disc, while a few
days later a Mr anc wife discof
eral Eiectis Plant tor
before.: iking the snri an.
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