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Washington D.C., September 1954

Date of account
1954-09
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 RECORD CARD 1 DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 6 September 1954 口 Was Balloon Washington D.C. 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local B Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft 06/2330Z AirVi sual D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical METEOR 口 ProbablyAstronomical 名No Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS. 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficiontData for Evaluation 口 Unknown 4-5 Seconds 1 J0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,long, silver with flame and smoke METEOR SIGHTING trailing for distance of miles. Tumed and disappeared at 50co ft.Flight through 40-50 deg arc. Twoer operator sighted vppor trail at approx same time. Sighting at dusk. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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