PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8714008

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONFort Bragg North Carolina

FRAMES5

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PROJECT I0073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 June 1954 Fort Brags, Morth Carolina 0 Was Balloon 7
0 Probably Bailoon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local CGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. 22/00402 (N) AlnVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yas 0 Probably Astronomical
No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 00 Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
20 - 30 Seg 1 Manuevered 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Color of white w/yellow glow. No sound. Two a/c from Pope AFB were in arod.
Speed 300-400 MPH. Oval shace, size of
grapefruit. No sound. No navigational grapefruit. No sound. No navigational
lights observed. Faded in distange. lights observed, Faded in distange.
)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV ATIC FORM 26 SEP 52) 26 SEP 52)

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21 24/0047 F7. BRAEG NC. 17
RA0 22
E ACTION
Multi
WPCO 2
YDB0 14
VYD0 13 V
VDC006
JESDF 205
RR JEDEN JEDEWP JEPHQ JEPLG 444
3T1AZ
DE JESDF 114
R 241955Z 3.litig
FM COMDR NINTH AF POPE AFB FT BRAGG NC 1tf
TO JEPLG/COMDR TAC LANGLEY AFB VIRGINIA TO JEPLG/COMDR TAC LANGLEY AFB VIRGINIA
JEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMD ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO
JEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTEL CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AFB OHIO
JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC
NAFOI 6-1786 UFOB NAFOI 6-1786 UFOB
ITEM 1
A. OVAL SHAPE
B. GRAPEFRUIT
c. WHITE WITH OW GLOW 25 J01954
ATIC-IN
D. ONE
E. N/A 8
F. NONE 97
G. NONE
H. NO SOUND

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PAGE TWO JESDF 114
I. TVL AT SP HUNDRED TO FOUR HUNDRED MPH
ITEM 2
A.F RAPID DESCENT AND CHANGE OF COURSE INDC THAT OBJECT WAS NOT
STAR PD
B. ELEVATICN 45 DEGREE AZIMUTH  DEGREE APRX PD
c. 30 DEGREE ELEVATION AZIMUTH 31 DEGREE APRX PD 3 DEGREE ELEVATION N AZIMUTH 310 DEGREE APRX PD
D. D FIRST OBSERVED AT ALTITUDE OF APRX SIX THOUSAND FT CMM M DESCENDED DESCENDED
TO APRX THREE THOUSAND FT AT WHICH TIME IT LEVELED OF CMM CONT
IN LEVEL FLIGHT FOR APRX TWO MILES AT WHICH POINT THE OBJECT MADE
A S0 DEGREE TURN TO LEFT AND CONT UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW PD A S DEGREE TURN TO LEFT AND CONT UNTIL IT CARED FROM VIEW PD
E. E. GRADUALLY FADED INTO THE DISTANCE GRADUALLY Y FADED INTO THE DISTANCE
F. TWENTY TO THIRTY SECONDS
ITEM 3
A GROUND VISUAL
BNONE 20
C. N/A
ITEM 4
AAT D0Z 22 JUNE 54
B. NIGHT
ITEM 5

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PAGE THREE JESDF 114
A. 419 5 LUCAS BRAGG, NC
ITEM 5
AN/A$ A. N/A
B.I B.
HELICOP FT BRAGG NC
ESTIMATES OF R RELIABILITY UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
ITEM 7
A WEATHER WAS CLEAR A WEATHER WAS CLEAR
B. p
4 DEGREES 15 KNOTS AT EIGHT THOUSAND FT
50 DEGREES 1 KNOTS AT SIX THOUSAND FT
70 DEGREES 8 KNOTS AT FIVE THOUSAND FT
100 DEGREES 10 KNOTS AT FOUR THOUSAND FT
c. CEILING UNLIMITED
D VISIBILITY UNLIMITED
E NONE
$F NONE
H NONE
ITEM 10

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NONE
ITEM 11
PAGE FOUR JESDF 114
TWO POPE AFB ACFT WERE IN THE AREA PD CAPT ALBERT CMM SENIOR
CONTROLLER CMM ACC CONTROLLER CMM ACC CMM ASSED ARE BUT NO JNUSUAI IN IN
THE SKY PD
ITEM 12
SOURCE REPORTED NO SOUND AND NO NAVIGATION LIGHTS FROM OBJECT AND
THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN LIGHT ASPECT AFTER OBJECT HAD TURNED IN THAT THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN LIGHT T ASPECT AFTER OBJECT HAD TURNED IN
FLIGHT PD NO ANALYSIS OF FLIGHT PD NO ANALYSIS SSIBLE SSIBLE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING PD CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING PD
24/20 50Z JUN JESDF
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