Maxwell AFB, Alabama, August 1954
- Date of account
- 1954-08
- Location
- Maxwell AFB, Alabama
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 11 August 1954 Maxwell AFB,Alabama 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4. TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT_12/0154Z BAi~Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical MARS Y.. 口 ProbablyAstronomical 6No Military and Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data forEvoluation 35 Minutes 1 N.W.Stationary 口 Unknowm 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Baseball size.White light becoming red,then SFICA set 2100. Mars in SW at 20 deg orange and black to white.Disappeared by elevation, Arcturus 290 deg, az 15 deg fading.Helos scrambled for identifieation. elevation,Setting at 233 deg.Antares 2t Could not close on object. 240 deg az setting at 2
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