DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6781022
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1954
REPORTED LOCATIONPhiladelphia Pennsylvania
FRAMES5
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PROJECT 10873
. DATE & LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
29 Mar 54 PhiladeIphia, Penneylvania Wes Belleon
100 ob lon
Leeal0215 Ground-Visud Wes Alrereft
o Prebably Aireraft
GMT 29/07152 GMT 29/07152 0 Alr Viod 0 Aln Viod 0 Pessiby Alrctelt rcieft
Wes onemieal
000 000 Prebebly Astronemieel Preb Actrenemieel
Pessibly Astronemiedl Peseibly Astronemied
o x Oth Othe Birds Birds
1 .2min Borth 000 00 inguffieient insuffieiont Da Hen
25 Morth Unknewm Undn
11. COMMENTS COM AMUNTS
Objects Objects bright, flying in formation no No pickup on rad on r. no the sighting
exhaust, trail or sound. Round, silver in Possibly refle from migratory
color, appeared to bay Clem leme coming birds.
from rear from rear ends of ob.iects. No ob.jec Re exhuast no exhuast no
smoke.
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FRAME 002 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi
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flyim
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felloudng, and 1m4 Jid (1)
fellowing. Dhie fo se Special
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that I gbt up and effeet. they
atd 3het first aighted
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FRAME 003 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi
Oeklyn, Joraey, as They
7 nigbt ly 0130 heurs.
Cirax t3 ebjeets selled his wife to
Dbieets within their visiom
they did 80
bowe in vicinity of their heme
interfored wita sighted from th street
ontsido of thoix Philadelphia wre
nying following the mere Riwez,
milss away.
cleuds in the
said that the
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Rhase
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Pailadlphia, Pa., mes intervioned.
at Ql30 bours at Intermetiomel Airpers, Philadeiphia,
Pa. ed clewds tpet, five (5) miles visibility.
advised that at 0230 heurs
then 9000 foet, risibility five (5) miles. smoke and
hase, stated that 0130 hour8, at 6000 feet, the
wind veleeity wes 2 ee and 42 miles pox hour, and at feet they
mo 1o 250 hour.
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FRAME 004 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi
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T524-5040
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APRIL 1954 SIGHTINGS
DATE LOCATION OBSERVERS EVALUATION
1 Anadarka, Oklahoma Insufficient Data
Atlanta, Georgia Other (SEARCHLIGHT)
mM3 Wichita, Kansas Other (BIRDS)
Scotland (NICAP)(INFO)..Whitworth
Norris, Tennessee A/C
40.38N 44.10W (Atlantic) Balloon
Stewart AFB, New York Military Ealloon
6 Rangoon Burima (CASB MISSING) Unknown Civilian A/C
6-13-19 Savannah, Ceorgia (CASE MISSING) Unknown & Mil Balloon
7 Borfelk,.Virginia Military A/C
8 Tokyo, Japan (Tokyo, Pana sh, Apr9, 19 GMT--W)(INFO)
8 Chicago,Illinois UNIDSNTIFIED
Columbia, Missouri Multi Civilian Insufficient Data
Kansas City, Missouri Insufficient Data
Annapolis Maryland Multi Civilian Other (ARC WELDER FLASHE
Colorado Springs, lorado Military Astro (METEOR)
14 Roswell, New Mexico Roswell, New Mexico Unknown Insufficient Data Insufficient Data
15 Bolder City, Nevada City, Nevada A/c
15-19 South Korea (CAsE Korea (CASE MISSING) Military Astro (METEOR)
Oahu Honolulu A/C
Sampson Samoson AFB, New York Military A/c
San Nicholas Nicholas Island, California Military Insufficient Data
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Astro (METEOR)
Pittsfield, Maine UNIDENTIFIED
Mrytle Beach, South Beach, South rolins olins Multi Multi Civilian Insufficient Insufficient Data
Hartland, Maine UNIDENTIFIED
Greenbrier, Greenbrier West Virginia West Virginia Unknown Astro Astro (METEOR)
Charleston, Che , South Carolina Military Military Astro Astr (METEOR)
Shaw AFE, South Carolina Unknown Civilian Astro (METEOR)
Coral Gables, Florida Military Insufficient Data
Kadena AFs,Okinawa Military Insufficient Data
Mildenhall land Military (PHYSICAL S) Other (RADAR TRACKING
DEVICE)
Athens, Georgia UNIDENTIFIED
Fort Worth, Texas = Astro (JUPITER)
30 Salisbury Peach, Massachusetts A/C