DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8716406
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1954
REPORTED LOCATIONAustria
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
19 August 1954 Austria 0 Was Balloon 7
00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT. Not Given AlnVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 00 Probably Astronomical
No Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
080 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 minutes 2 minutes r 0 Unknown Unknowm
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Small, gleaming Small, gleaming disc-like about twice disc-like about twice ATIC evaluation was possible ATIC evaluation was possible balloon.
as large as Venus. Observed for 2 Venus. Observed for 2 minutes. minutes. Insufficient data for firm evaluation.
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FRAME 002 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi
. 19 Auguct, 1954
Austria
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The folioving i8 hn or iel sightieds obserred
over vious sections of Bargre daring the
Rereranes ATIO sntei 54:
Austria - 1S Aug 54
Snail, gleaming disc-like objpct; atcut
Oreerved for
Public-domain United States government records (USAF Project Blue Book, NARA microfilm publication T-1206). Machine transcription from microfilm scans — typewritten bodies read well; stamps, marginalia and handwriting imperfectly. Pages marked poor legibility await re-examination. Source scans are linked unaltered on every case file.