PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8715499

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONW Germany

FRAMES2

→ Original microfilm scan (PDF) → Return to index

Machine transcription · mean legibility 94.5/100 · engines: paddle-gpu-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi

.
.
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
5 August 1954 W. Germany 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local D.Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aicraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT AirVisual Air-intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 16. SOURCE Was Astronomical METEOR
Yes 8 Probably Astronomical
No No Military Military 0 0 Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 000 Other_
000 Insufficient Data Insufficient Data for for Evaluation valuation
90 Seconds Unknown
1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
U.S." U.S." Army sergeant Army sergeant and wife observed orange Exclusive of the reported time element
glowing object for glowing object for appro 90 appro 90 seconds. Obj which could have been mis-calculated, the which could have been mis-calculated, the
traveled at high rate of rate of speed and had a speed and had a object was meteor.
"jerky" motion. "jerky" motion.
This information extracted from AFlla,
ATI-1528-54, ATIC 196517, 13 Sep 54. ATI-1528-54, ATI 196517, 13 Sep 54,
The rpt is on file in the ATIC repository
T2

FRAME 002 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi

1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
23 August 1954 W Germany Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aicraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. Night AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes D Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Total of 30 min 2 (Lights) SW Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
German family initially observed round Insufficient Data
obj with obj with 1ight al light all around it. It was
reddish in color and about 3 times the
size of a star. No sound. size of a star. No sound. Later, l2 more Later, 12 more
Germans observed a green ght, approximately
the same size as the prior lights obs. the same size as the prio nts obs. It
hovered for 15 min, then d hovered for 15 min, then di peared (SW) peared (SW)
"faster than a jet".
(NO CASE IN FILE)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)