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Mojave Desert, California, October 1954

Date of account
1954-10
Location
Mojave Desert, California
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 1.DATE-TIME GROUP 2.LOCATION Early Oet 54 Mojave Desert,California 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION MILITARY CHAFF 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS MULTIPLE 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Man l5 mi Sw of Edwards found strips ofsilvery colored metal which could be crumbled in the hand.Most of the objs 6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION were about 1/2 long and 1/l6th inch wide.Believed then to GROUND VISUAL be new type of radar chaff. COURSE COMMENTS: FOUND ONGROUND Description indicates chaff.Samples not forwarded. Informa- 8.PHOTOS tion supplied in letter. Yes 口No 9.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE X Yes NOT RECEIVED ONo FORM FTD SEP630-329(TDE) Previouseditionsof thisformmaybeused.

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