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Washington, D.C., August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Washington, D.C.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 4August 1954 Washington, D.C. 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balioon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0010 EST Ground- Vi suol 口 Was Aiicroft Local D Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircroft 04/0510Z AirVisual Air-lntercopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical MARS Yos 口 Probobly Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluation Unknowm I hours 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Star like, small - no marked movement or Mars setting at tine of disappearance maneuver- bob occasionally.Round-intensity in position of reported object during of evening star-bluish,resembled cross through sighting. BX, 30 deg elev, movement from S to Nw. Gold color as object disappeared. ATICFORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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