Atlantic Ocean 48.40N 57.30W, November 1953November 1953

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Summary

On November 11, 1953, a pilot reported a sighting over the Atlantic Ocean, near 48 degrees north and 57 degrees west. The witness was the civilian pilot of a BOAC airliner flying from London.

The pilot described a long blue streak. It traveled from east to west at very high speed. The object appeared to be 5 to 8 degrees above the aircraft and about 20,000 feet away. The Air Force could not interrogate the pilot for the length of the observation.

In Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports, this case was marked as astronomical. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a meteor.

Reported location

Atlantic Ocean 48.40N 57.30W, November 1953

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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). DATE - TINE GROU? 2. LOCATION a |

11 Nov 1/04hhyz, Atlantic Ocean U48.LON 57.30

3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR |

civilian Commander of GUAD evaluates as en astronomical phenomena.

Unable to interrogate pilot for duration. Case evaluated nas

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS METEOR.

one :
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

aot resorted Alr visual sighting of long streak by pilot of BOAC airlines

_— over Atlantic Ocean. Ob) traveling from East to West, blue,

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION very high speed, altitude 5-8 degrees sbove a/c, appeared

oo Slamnt to be about 20,000 ft from a/c.

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

0 Yes
O Ne
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956991