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Pacific Ocean, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Pacific Ocean
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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1l August 1954 Pacific Ocean 口 Was Balloon 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION 2055 Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 WasAireraft 口 Probably Aircraft 12/0550Z GMT. AirVisuol DAir-Intercept Radar. 口 Possibly Aircraft 3:PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Y.. 口 Probably Astronomical &No CIVILIAN 口 PossiblyAstronomicol UNIDENTIFIED 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation Unknowm Unknown 1 SW 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS 1C0 ft in diameter.Line of blue light 200- UNIDENTIFIED 300 ft above sea.Approached observers posi- tion and changed to circle about l00 ft in diameter, After passing over ship.Then slowed down and rose rapidly,throuzh thin layer of stratus cloud (Base 2,0oo ft)As passed through clcuds it illuninated clouds

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