DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6779972
DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1954
REPORTED LOCATIONWichita Kansas
FRAMES3

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION

wichits, Kansas

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Leeel *¥ Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar

GM T__.03/16207 0 Als Vi sual © Air-intercept Redar

goo o90 ooa

O Yes
O No —_
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBE
42 minutes
10. SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING + a eae 11, COMMENTS
Round drifting object, estimate at 10,000 bAttete

feet. Low speed, irifting slowly, no trail or
noise. Initiai observation at 4“) deg elev.
Disappeared from view at 20 («a elev beyond
garage top.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 32)

12. CONCLUSIONS

Wos Balloon

GX Probably Balloon

Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probobly Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

Was A micol
ProbgBly Astranomical
Poadibly Astronomical

Other.

Insufficient Date fer Evaluation

Unknown

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FM COMDR WICHITA AFB KANS

TO JWFDL/COMDR CTAF 2ANDOLPH AFB TEX
JEDST/COMDR ATRC SCOr’ AFS ILL

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JEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO
JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL 9 USAF WASHINGTON D C

GA939B. PERTAINS TO REPT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJ. OBJ SIGHTED

a a @&
AT ONE SIX TWO ZERO ZEBRA, EIGHT FEB ONE NINE FIVE FOUR, BY MRS

Geeieny, ONE FIVE THREE EIGHT S RIDGEVOOD, WICHITA, KANS
O8J WAS IN SIGHT FOR FOUR AND ONE HALF MINUTES AND APPEARED TO 32

20 Gt

DRIFTING IN A SSE DIR. THE CEN OF OBJ SEEMED TO BE VERY HIGH AND
NARROW AND VERY DARK IN COLOR WHILE THE ENGES WERE SLIGHTLY CURVED.

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AND TO BE TVLG AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED. OBJ LEFT NO TRAIL, MADE

NO NOISE AND APPEARED TO HAVE NO VISIBLE MEANS OF PRPLNe SOURCE

sep A SEVEN TIMES FIVE ZERO POWER JAPANESE BINOCULARS WHIL#

WATCHING OBJ. OBJ TOOK UP TWO THIRDS OF SIGHT THRU BINOCULARS SO WAS
ESTD TO BE VERY LARGE BY SOURCE. SIGHTING WAS FIRST MADE AT FORTY
DEGREE ANGLE AND DISAPPEARED OVER GARAGE TOP AT TWENTY DEGREE ANGLE.

A CK W/B WEA OFF TH{3 STA PROVD US W/THE FOLS INFO CLN QUOTE

WIND AT FIVE ZERO 2h820 ZERO FEET WAS TWO NINE KNOTS FR THREE FOUR

ZERO DEGREES, TEMPEXATIUKE PLUS ONE ZERO DEGREES, TEMPERATURE PLUS THREE
AND TWO TENTHS DEGR: * ©g WIND AT ONE FIVE ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET WAS

FOUR SIX KNOTS FR TT) 8: % SIX ZERO DEGREES, TEMPERATURE MINUS EIGHT

AND ONE HALF DEGREES Cz; WIND AT TWO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET WAS

FOUR THREE KNOTS FR {:20 ONE ZERO DEGREES, TEMPERATURE MINUS ONE

EIGHT AND TWO TENTH* © G2ZES C END QUOTE. VISIBILITY WAS ONF FIVE

MILES W/THINLY SCATT®2£D CLOUDS AT TWO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET

B WEA OFF THIS STA R8£°7) NO CEL OR MET ACTY IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING
A CK W/AC&W SITE IN 4UTCHINGSON, KANS, MET W/A NEGATIVE REPT.

MRS QM Is THE WIT OF M SCT QM HO S50, THREE FIVE
TWO ZERO M&S GP, THIS STA. NEITHER ARE KNOWN BY THIS OFF THUS

RELIASILITY IS F-SIX. FULL REPT WILL FOL ON AF FORM ONE ONE TuO.

19/1899Z FEB JWFKT