Bagdad, FloridaJune 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On June 30, 1954, civilian witnesses at a flight station near Bagdad, Florida, reported an object in the sky. It appeared shiny silver, turning to blue, and looked about three times as large as the stars. The object was seen at about 120 degrees azimuth.

The report was forwarded by the intelligence division at a nearby Air Force base. The Air Force record card concluded the case was astronomical. It noted that the object appeared to move due to atmospheric conditions, and that there was no first magnitude star or planet at that position, with the nearest object being a star at 150 degrees azimuth.

Reported location

Bagdad, Florida

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

FL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

4 SE eS,
b 1. DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

3 20) Jn 5 1QK) Rn ge

20 dune 1954 Bagdad, Florida 0  Wos Balloon
IE 3 | 4d O Probably Bolloon

E 3. DATETIME GROUP [4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ho EaERBly Dell son

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9 | O Wos Aicroft
L Local So a | TL Ground- Visual D Ground-Rodar QO Probably Aireraft

4 GMT. 2M MIVVE | 0 AieVYisuol 0 Air-intercep? Radar D Possibly Aircraft LEG

; 5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE EWEN ronemicel. Sao

4 0 Yes OD Probably Astronomical

3 ¥ Mo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

E 7. LENGTH OF DRSERYATION 2 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE made) ) yyy TEE ae TR FE ESR

: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Eb, s [60 CRORES ASE a 3 i Unknown

i XL ElOU]L ons Stations 44 |
I [10._BRIEZ SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
3 niny silver turning to blue, Three times Star appearing to move due to atmosphere

3 as large as stars. concitions, No star of lst mag or planst
E at 120 de gd pieeys nezresst oO rject 15

| formalhant at 150 deg az.

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5 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958774