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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8715201

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONWashington D C

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OS F141- ’, . : O Was Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Balloon
9135 1 rf Ef Was Aircraft
Local = 2 HW Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aireroft
___ GMT 29/02352 DO Air Visual OD Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Q Was Astronomical
O Yes QO Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian GO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
? Minutes nA Mi O Unknown

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round, yellow, object size of balloon, flying
Like aircraft. In NW direction. Exhaust
dn outer edge. Light Blinked twice.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

11, COMMENTS
Probable a/c Sighting.

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[NCOLOR WAS OBSERVED FLYING OVER WASHINGTON D. C. IN A NORTH WEST
DIRECTION AT 2135 HOURS CMA 28 JULY 1954. NO SOUND WAS OBSERVED.

jO AERODYNAMIC FEATURES NOTICED CMA EXHAUST NOTICED ON ENTIRE OUTER
EDGE OF OBJECT. SPEED UNDETERMINED CMA ALTITUED APPROXIMATELY

S MILES. MANUEVERING PARALLEL TO EARTH SURFACE. OBJECT SIGHTED

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D. C. FOR TWO MINUETES. AFTER TWO LARGE BLINK S OF LIGHT OBJECT PASSED
SUT OF RANGE VISION. NO ACFT WAS NOTICED IN VICINITY AT THE TIME

DF SIGHTING. TENATIVE AVALUATION ACFT.

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