PROJECT BLUE BOOK

| PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION

14 Sep 54 Finland
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION

ATIC Eval: Possible meteorite

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

d

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

7 Seconds Circular object. Flying at 800 meters
intense lisht and left trail of reddis!

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground Visual
7, COURSE

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8. PHOTOS

O Yes
tf No io

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes
B No

FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,

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The following i9 an extract of a series oF UFO asizhtinas ooservec
over vatlous sections of ne Aweing t tod Ji Guiy-<O Sep 54,
Referecee ATIC 201047, » dated 25 Cet 54.

Austris - 19 Aug 5%
Smail, gieaming discelike odject, about twice as large as Venus.
Observed for 2 minutes, ATIC Eval: Possible BAlloon,

Pinilard - 14 Sep 54 ¥ ¢

Circular flying object ower Helsingd 1% night. Flyicg at d00
meters (alt), it gave off ac intense light anc Left trail of reddish
emoke, Visible for 7 sec. ATIC Bval: Poasibis meteorite.

/ Prance - 30 Aug 54% - Paris

A Paria resident observed a luminuous circ&lar od ject flying over
the city. ATIC Ewal: UNKNOWN ~- Insufficisnt data,

Scmume Department - 7 Sep 54

A 27 year 014 msgcn ard his assistant chserved a “flying saucer” at
71.5 urs, 7 Sep 54, The object was grey and was obdeerved hovering over a
fieicd abemt 200 meters from the ctservers. The object cacillated slowly
and seemed to nave a closed dogr cn its side. When the men had run abdcout
50 metera toward it, the odject begsen to fly away. Smoke wes then
visible from a sort of axhaust pipe on the underside. After an colique
fliighnt sf adcut 15 meters, the odject rose rertically and disappeared.
Bo trace of “he object was found by police. The object was about 10
meters in diameter and 3 meters in height, 414 not glow and departed

noiselesaly, <rsiling smoxe. Visible for abowt 3 minutes. ATIC Eval:

Aisne Depertaent - 7 Sep 54

A lvminuocuse red orange disc oteerved threes persons. The disk
stopped suddenly 300-400 meters from the ground. It seemed to have on its
upper side s smill luminucus tail forming an integral part of the ob ject.
TIC Bval: UNXNWON - iusurficient data.

Italy - 14 Sep 54

Two inhabitants ef Pitigliano report sighting of a round, white odject

making a strange, lowd noise. The object came to = stand still and then
disappeared at high speed. ATIC Eval: UNKWOWN - Insufficient data

Rome - 17 Sap 54

On the afternoon of 17 Sep 54, the control tower at the Ciampino Air
Bass observed 38 systerious object shaped like a cai? a cigar flying alcwly
at an altitude cf 1,200 meters. The odject, leaving a creail of lminucus
omcke, waa yisidle ?or 40 migutes, ATIC Rval: Probable nigh Altitude a/c.

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Netherlands - 4 Aug 34

Yen fireman cboserred tvo "flying saucers” over the Hague on toe
ngicth of & Aumset between 2300 and 2400 hours. They moved 1% increcidie
opeecd, at times remmining motioniess for sa icng as 320 seconds. They wre
flat ovals with a whitish gray light. ATIC Eval: Possisie searchlignt

beams.

Note: During the summer 2nd fall months of 1954, there bas been a warked
-imerease in UFO sightinss throughout Burope. ATIC attributes the majority
of these sightings to two Dasic reasons.

1. The European press Mas beén quick te publish, in detail, UFO
sightings which has resulted in influsncihg « great masber of perecns: for

2. Mr. D. Keyhoe's book was recently transisted into, various foreign

languages and want on sale at newstands througheut Surcpe during the summer
of 1554.

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