Atlantic Ocean 4120N-3020W, August 1954August 1954

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Summary

On August 9, 1954, an Air Force crew flying over the Atlantic Ocean reported seeing objects in the sky. The sighting was made by military observers aboard a B-47 type aircraft. It was a daylight sighting that lasted about 7 minutes.

The crew saw two groups of objects. One object flew alone, and others flew in close formation. The single object had a shape similar to a B-47 aircraft. The objects were straight ahead of the plane on the same course of 285 degrees. They pulled away from the plane at about 435 knots before vanishing. The plane was at 8,000 feet with unlimited visibility and clear skies.

The report listed the conclusion as probably aircraft. It was filed as part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The crew was interrogated by a base intelligence officer.

Reported location

Atlantic Ocean 4120N-3020W, August 1954

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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] PROJECT, 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 fo Ne 1 A+] a t : 0 i 1.1 20M. 0 20 a Was Balloon |
9 August 1954 ~lantic Ocean 4 N=-3020% 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SLO EER
O Was Aircraft
; Loco) — 0 Ground-Visuadl O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
Gly. nOg/eliBE oF Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical :
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
i B Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (ao) {111 Bs GTC Ca
O Insufficiant Data for Evaluation
7 minutes 2 Groups NE 0 Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS we
One group and one single object. Sing object A/C
had similar confizumaticn to B-47 aircraft.
Group in close formation, Air visual sighting
Objects ahead of a/c. Cn course of 285 degree \
at 400 mots. Objects pulled away from a/c. :
Altitude 8,000 ft, Unlimited visibility. Day-
light observation. i
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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