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
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\ | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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
JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT Af 4 COLO ee
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