PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1DATE 2. LOCATION Langley AFB 112. CONCLUSIONS
17 August 1954 Hampton, Newport News, Virginia 0 Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar α Was Aircraft
18/0100Z 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ AirVisual Air-intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 16. SOURCE B Was Astronomical METEOR
OY 0 Probably Astronomical
Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER ECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 - 10 Seconds 0 Unknown Unknown
1 1 ENE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. 11. COMMENTS
Glowing white, not solid, sparkler type. Glowing white, not solid, sparkler type. In Meteor sighting
flight from WSW to ENE. Vanished suddenly like 90 deg arc in 3 10 seconds. seconds.
light bulb going out.
Atic FOrM 329 (RE v 26 SEP 52)
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from Warvick, AFB Airymen, reported that at
oximataly 00100 Hours, 18 Angust 1954, they observed umusual phenomena over
this area in the for o a glowing white spherical obj Cm WSW
direction maring on an ENE hoading.
This object in size acoording to the individnal obeervers
moved on a sta t and Le el path, vand ning aude anly as a ligirt bulb tuned off.
The Wednesday perning sditien of tha*Dndly Emegs" Nevort rginis
carried l an account of the incident, and August 1954, twe
had called in and stated that they bad witnes cher inonA,
2 tlt Sapt
DEORHT
Major USAP
Base Intell ance Officer
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1. Deseription of the (bject
Round, not solid object, more like a sparider.
3 Sone observers witnesged it as little larger than a softhall, others
saw it the size of a basketball.
c. Clowing white
d. One (1)
e. /A
f. Negative
g• Negative
5. Negative
i. Negative
2. Deseription of Course of Object
a. Cbs of object with corner of eye.
b. 45 angle from horizon appearing from 7SH.
c. 450 anzle fram horizon disappearing towards iNE.
d. Straight and level, parallel to horizon.
e. Vanished suddenly like a light bulb turned off.
2. Feriod of observation varied from seconds.
3. Vanner of Ooservation
Ground visual
B: Ho optical aids, glasses.
e. N/A
4.
a. 1800lcz Angust 1954
b. Dusk
5. Ceserver "A"-Front of police Station, Newport News, Va., GuFH 34155909
Cbserver "BN-3325 Chesapeake, Hampton, Va. GJPH 38300215
6.
Observer Sussex Hampton,
3. Va., Newspap
Observer Aze Hampton,Va.,
Co-owner, L. D. Amory & Co., Hampton
Observer "C"_ Age 34,
Nows, Va., NAcA enployee, civil services.
b. Cbserver D"a/1c Police
Squadron, Lar glay AFB, Va., Air Policeman.
Reliability observers: Unknown
7. Heather DECLA
Clear OOD DIR 5.00.10 YEANS.
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b. Winds--2lcoz, sounding from Norfolk Naval Station, Va.
Surface 172330Z SE/9 kts
180030Z SE/6 kts
6,000' 310°/22kts
10,000' 3100/25 kts
16,000' 300°/33 kts
20,000 290°/30 kts
30,0001 290°/28 kts
50,0001 290°/20 kts
77,0001 120°/12 kts
c. Ceiling--none
d. Visibility-lo miles
e. Cloud cover-1/10 altocumulus at l0,cco'; 1/10 cirus at 25,000'
f. Negative
Negative
Negative
10. Negative
1. Known traffic over Langley AFB, Va. consisted of two (2) B-36's; also in the
vicinity 7 and numerous conventional type aircraft. In
acidition the NowportNews Hampton area is within the local flying area for the
Naval aircraft from Oceania and the Norfolk Naval Air Station. Naval aircraft from Oceanda and the Norfolk Naval Air Station.
i2. Base Intelligence Officer's Corment: 12. Base Intelligence Officer's Corment:
In In addition to ontacted (Item ontacted (Item two other persons were reported
by the newpapers by the newpapers 38 having seen having seen the object. Preliminary Preliminary attempts attempts to interview to interview
these persons have been persons have been unguccessful. It is believed that the sighting was believed that the sighting was
the exhaust of a jet aircraft or a tail light the exhaust of a jet aircraft or a tail light on a low flying jet on a Iow flying jet aircraft. aircraft.
GEORGE
for Major USAF
Base Intel gence Officer
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