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Langley AFB Hampton, Newport News, Virginia, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Langley AFB Hampton, Newport News, Virginia
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE· 2. LocAtioN Langley AFB 12.CONCLUSIONS 17 August 1954 Hampton,Newport News,Virginia 口 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Wos Aircraft Local Ground-Radar 口 P.robably Aircraft 18/01002 GMT Ai~Visual Air-lntercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical METEOR OY. 口 Probably Astronomical 百No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS· 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 3-10 Seconds 1 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Glowing white, not solid, sparkler type. In Meteor sighting flight from WSw to ENE.Vanished suddenly like 90degarcin3-10 seconds. light bulb going out. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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