PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8714561

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONWhite Wood S Dakota

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PROJECT 1 10073
12. CONCLUSIONS
|2. LOCATION 0 Was Bolloon
1. DATE White Wood, S. Dakota 0 Prabably Bolloon
5 July 1954 0 Possibly Bolloon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was Aicraft
. Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Probably Aircraft
0 Possibly Aircraft
Local AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Wos Astronomical
GMT 06/0356z 0 Probably Astronomicol
6. SOURCE D D Possibly Astronomical
5. PHOTOS Yes
Civilian OtherBEACOM .
No COURSE 800 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Unknown
≠ 1 W
2 Hours 11. COMMENTS identified as beacon
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING e star. Definitely
Moved very slow. Huge, like
Very close to ground
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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FRAME 002 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi

CONTACT THE OBJECT WAS MOVING WEST
CHANGED INTENSITY C
FR DI BRIGHT P1 ALSO REPORTED SEEING
DEJECT. OBJECT NAS RESIDENTS OF WHITEWOOD
HRS. AF 112'S ARE BEING INITIATED BY THIS ORGANIZATION
AND WILL BE FORWA SOON POSSIBLE.
07/0345Z JUL-.
TO 60 vS3177
754-9834
U
3271 8 JULY 54 8 JULY 54 Atia Atia
(
NO UNCL REPLY OR REF IF THE OR REF IF THE DTG IS QUOTED ACTION ACTION atg Atig
C-1 PRIORITY C-1 PRIORITY CONFIDENTIAL
EAFB SO DAK 071715Z DAK 071715Z
TO COMDR OMDP ADCENT ADCEVT AFB AFB COLO COLO
CMDR AIR CAD TECH INTEL INTEL CEN WPAFB OHOO PARAPHASE RLT REQUIRED. SEE CRIPTO-CENTER (
USAF WASH
BEFORE DECLASSIFYING
CAD TALLS MONTA
740 OP 54-22
REF MSG 54-21 THIS ORGN ON FLYING OBJECT REPT. OBJECT WAS DEFINITELY
A BEACON LOCATED APRX 1O MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAPID CITY, SO DAK,.
PASSING ACROSS LOW CLOUD ORMATIONS. EING INITIATED
AT THIS TIME
73/1335Z
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