PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8726590

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONWashington D C

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1.DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
6 September 1954 Washington D.C. 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 06/23307 Air Vi sual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE X Was Astronomical METEOR
O Yes Tee Probably Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS -9. .9. COURSE Other. Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
4 - 5 Seconds Unknown Unknown
1
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Round, long, silver with flame and smoke METEOR SIGHTING. METEOR SIGHTING.
trailing for distance of miles. Turned
and disappeered a 5000 ft. 6000 ft. Flight through
L0-50 deg arc. Twoer operator sighted vepor L0-50 deg arc. Twoer operator sighted vppor
trail at approx same time trail at approx same ti .Sighting at dusk. . Sighting at dusk.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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06/23302 5
Wituss Iwituss IN tow DATA
Washing Ton 2h (
-7 SEP 1954 08 59 7 251 85 29 3R7ele
4A7762
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RASDH
WP Bu24
JEL A233
PPJEDWP ZOV JED ACTION
40B2
TYAB 1E
IDRE2S
JEF4 F 013
PP JEDEN JEDMI JEPLG333

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P 2722262
FM HED USAF
TO JEDEN/COMAIRDEFCOM ENT AFT COLC
JEDNH/CHIEF, ATIC C WRIGHT PATTERSON AFE OHIO -
JEPLG/CONTAC LANGLEY AFF VA
FROM A AFCIN 35135 1.UFOB. ATTN, AT1AA-2C.
(A) ROUND, LONG
(B) NEG
(C) SIVLER
(D) ONE
(E) NEG
(F) NEG
(G) FLAME AT REAR WITH SMOKE TRAILING ONE QUARTER MILE
(H) NEG (H) NEG ) )
(I) (I) ) MOVING SLOWLY MOVING SLOWLY 5.
)
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2. SCUTH,SOUTHEAST -
(-) SIGHTING
(E) 20 DEGREES
(C) © DEGREES - 7 DEGREES
(D) CEJECT T TURNED AT ALT ABOUT S,RDD FT AND DICSAPPEARED
(E) NEG
(F) 4-5 SECONDS
3. (A) GROUND VISUAL

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(C) NEG
^- (A) 1623302
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CDJEK
B. LIST AND M STREET: WASHINGTON D. -
NeW HaMpSHIRe AVE N V WAShDC
7(A)CLEAR -
(E)CALM -
C)JNLIMITED
S. NEG
NEG
s VJ
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WNEG
11. CEJECT IN GENERAL DIRECTION OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT.
CONTRCL TOWER OPERATOR WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED SIGNTING
OF VAPCR TRAIL TO THE WEST 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS REPORT.
B7/D243Z SEP JEPHQ