Arlington, VirginiaMarch 1954

Unidentified

Summary

In 1954, lights were reported over Arlington, Virginia. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the objects appeared as stars except that they showed movement. There was no radar pickup.

An astronomer, Dr. Gessner of the U.S. Naval Observatory, evaluated the sighting. The Air Force concluded the objects were stars.

Reported location

Arlington, Virginia

Date of incident

March 1954

State / country

VA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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he PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Belloon
OD Probably Balloon
Ty ry PE OF GBSERVA O Possibly Bolloon
0 Wes Aircrof
ouy_08/08152 | oArViwd O Air-intorcopt Reder |O Possibly Aircrohr
N SURC B Wes Astronemicel Stars
0 Probably Astronomicel
. O Possibly Astrenemicel
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION vOER OF TR se
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Appeared as stars except for movemeng. Astronomer, Dr Gessner of U 8 Naval
No radar pickup. observatory evaluated sighting as
stars.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SBP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957822