PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6780232

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONKeesler AFB Mississippi

FRAMES7

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PROJECT 10073 REC ORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
26 Feb 54 Keesler AFB, Mississippi o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
27/01202(Night) 00 Probably Aircraft
GMT AinVisuel Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
Y.s OX00 Probably Astronomical
0 No military Possibly Astronomical
OTH oF OBSERV VATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5 seconds one S to N Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, bright, incandescent obj Description indica
course, split and disappeared.
ATIC FORM 6 BEP S2)
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VDA155
JESKS 94
RR JEDEN JEDST JEDWP JEPHO 444
DE JESKS 59
R 6215397
FM CONDR KEESLER AFB NISS FM CONDR KEESLER AFB TISS
TO JEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT TO JEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT AFD COLO AFD COLO
OHIOL
JEPHO/DIR OF INT H? USAF WASHDC JEPHO/DIR OF INT H? USAF WASHDC
JEDST/COMDR ATRC SCOTI AFB ILL '
- ZEN/COMDR TTAF GULFPRT MISS ZEN/COMDR T MISS
~ 4G7SIC. UFOB. IN COMPL W PAR 6B, AFR 230-2 IS SUB
(1)(A)ROUND
(B) VOLLEYBALL
- (C) BRIGHT INCAN ESCENT
(D) ONE 4
(E) N/A
(F) APPEARED SOLID
(G) APPROX S AS OBJECT
(HD) N/A
(I) NEGATIVE

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(2)(A) BRIGHT LIGHT
(B) ELEV UNK; AXIMUTH 35 DEG
(C) ELEV UNK; AXIMUTH 35 DEG
(D) FLT PATH STRAIGHT, SO TO NORTH
(E) SPLIT AND DI
(F) 5 SECONDS
(3) (A) GROUND VISUAI
(B) N/A
(C) N/A
- (4) (A) 0120Z, 27 (4) (A) 0120Z, 2 54
(E) NIGHT (B) NIGHT
(5) SIMULTANEOUSLY (5) SIMULT DUSLY AND TWR. WR.
(5) (A)N/A (S)(A)N/A
(B) JOSEPH D. JOHNSON, A/3C, 3386 STU SO3 REL UNK
JAMES E. JACKSON, A/3C, 3383 STU S2I REL UNK
- H.L. REED, T/SG T, 3332 REL UNK
- 7(A)CLEAR
(B) NEGATIVE
(C) UNLIMITED
(D) 8 MILES

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(E) SCATTERED CIRRUS AT 20,909
(F) NEGATIVE
(S) NEGATIVE
()NEGATIVE
(1C) NEGATIVE
(11) NEGATIVE
(12)N/A
C2/1636Z MAR JESKS
10 10DA0D3 VEO COT
DETK
UB-TED
TE81
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flying ob.ject on the night of 27 February l954. The object ap-
peared to be solid and round, giving off a bright incandescent light. The object
was in view for approximately seconds, followed split
in two befor ppearing.
pint to that of a meteor entering the earth atmosphere.
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NO CASE (INFORLATION ONLY) 28FEB 54
SOUTH -TK
Hyonetknrke BuhheTiN
SOUTH ATLANTIC
First of the American SS. Uruguay,
reports that at 2235 G. M. T., Feb-
ruary 28, 1954, in lat. 21°20' S.. lon. 40°00' W. he observed a very
brilliant meteor. It was y yellow-green and became a dull red when
it reached the horizon with a fragmentary tail of the same color.
It was first sern bearing 100° altitude 15° and disappeared at the
horizon bearing 130." Weather clear with excellent visibility,
wind northeast roree 3, barometer 29.86 inches.
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U. S. Air Foree Stratojet bomber U.S.AirFo tratofet bombe an Arotic ctic
training riight, exploded at 3: training riight, exploded at 35,000 killing
two of the four orew members. two of the our arew members The other two,
Lieuten Lieutens onel K. G. MoGrew and Captain L. E. MoGrew and Captain L. E.
Epton, led unconsoious om the plane as
it disint ime to open
their parauhutes survivors urvivors
could explain ere had not
been an instant's been an instant warning befors explosion.
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