Alexandria, VirginiaMarch 1954

Unidentified

Summary

In 1954, a formation of objects was reported over Alexandria, Virginia. The sighting was made from the ground during the day. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described a V shaped formation of shiny aluminum colored objects gliding slowly. There was no tail or trail and no sound. The objects were seen at about 80 degrees elevation to the north and disappeared at about the same position.

No aircraft were in the area and there were no other reports. The Air Force marked the case as having insufficient data for analysis.

Reported location

Alexandria, Virginia

Date of incident

March 1954

State / country

VA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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7. LENOTN OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE D Other
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BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIONTING 11. COMMENTS |
V shaped formation, shiny aluminum - gliding No a/c in area. No other reports |
slowly. No tail or train. N, sound. Observed insufficient deta for analysis.
at 80 deg elevation to north. Dis appeared
at about same position. Brief Observation. :
a/c flying below object.
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ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 S8P 82) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957926