PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8715232

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONCamp Crook Rapid City S D

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
28 - 29 July 1954 Camp Crook, Rapid City, S.D. D Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
DGround-Visual U Ground-Radar 000 00 Probably Aircraft
GMT 29/04052, 0500z, 0612Z 29/0405Z, 0500Z, 0612Z AirVisual AirVisual Air-intercept Radar Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft Shower
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE CO a Was Astronomical Meteor/
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
No - - Military and Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Varied 1 Unknown
0. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
0500z - Object observed to fall. Black with Scrambled a/c indicated meteor shcwer indicated meteor shower
exhaust like jet. Several explosions heard,one in progress. Thin clouds at l8,Oo0 Thin clouds at 18,000
in the air, one on the ground. Tr ground.' aveled very aveled vemy and 20,O00 causing distortion in vision. and 20.Oo0 causing distortion in vision
fast. No sound except for the eplosions.
C405Z - Series of phone calls from airlines
Site.
O62lz - Calls indicated 50 - l0C objects over
Rapid City. A/C scrambled for identification.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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