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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8726249

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONPhiladelphia Pennsylvania

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
AA Nase nel 4) : BG, PRA Tae mi efi mbes oe Oe Wes Balloon |
22 August 1954 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania e Probably Balioon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GO. Esssimy Batloon
Local __ 1949 B Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Roder 2 porceretes '
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GMT ww DO Air Vi sal OD Air-intercept Radar ossibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probebly Astronomical
D Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GO Other
0D Insufficient Dota for Evalustion
5 Minutes lor 5 NE 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS "%
Round, silver, hovered in one place-became Phily newspaper carried stroy. W/aA
smmller or disappeared. personnel described objects

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Upper air balloons were in a

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SUBJ:-T: UNNICNN SUBJECT
Sighting of Unidentified Mlying Cbject
at Phila Bs iphis, Pa., Between 1940 and 2905 Hours
22 august 1954
SPECIAL INQUIRY

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Cx Owe Monday: morning, 25 August: 1954, “The: PRiladelphies Ti |

Philadelphia meruing newspapers carried = front page story: concerning:
the incident... The stdry stated that five GO) mysterious fluerescent::_.
serial objects were sighted in the: skies ever Eastern Pennsylvania and.
New Jersey early the night before by armed forces: coutrel tener”
and: scores of velunteer ground observers... The story continued,.
Air Force, acting at the request of the Ground Observer Corps Filter
Center and Co-ordinators Headquarters, Trenton, sent & group of fast
Sabrejfets ta investigate the ebjects.. Pilots of the jets, whick were
in the general area on routine training flights: froe the New Caatle,.
Del., Air Force Base, filed reperts upem their reture te the field.

But sutherities refused te Sheetuaes toe Siatioan. cael comeetins sa)
the: {uvestigation. Thousands: of

of the silver objects ax it