Blackburn, Australia, January 1954January 1954

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Summary

On January 3, 1954, at about 3:55 p.m. local time near Blackburn, Australia, a civilian reported one object. The witness, a silversmith, heard the sound of an aircraft and looked toward it, then saw the object near the sun, about 42 degrees in elevation. It was in sight for about one minute. Four other observers reported similar objects to civil aviation about the same time.

The object was silver and highly reflective. At first it appeared stationary, then moved in direct flight over the horizon to the southeast in about a minute. It was possibly oval, with no details and no tail. It had a whip-like motion and disappeared behind trees on a hill.

The Air Force record lists the conclusion as a reflection. The report noted the witness was trying to locate an aircraft he heard and saw the object near the sun. It concluded he probably saw a reflection from that aircraft but could not make out its features because the sighting was so brief.

Reported location

Blackburn, Australia, January 1954

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
3 Jan sl Blackburn, Australia a Brabebly Belieon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ® TNE Soman
1 0 Was Aireraft
FUR SN 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
emt._03/0 Q Air Visuol O Air-Intercopt Rodor |O Possibly Aircraft
'HOTO:! OURG Le 00 Was Astronomical i
QO Yes : ~~ 0 Probably Astronomical :
| - : wil 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4, NUMBER OF QEIFCTS | 9. COURSE @ Other Rafioetten ———
1 minute | o SE - ona a for Evoluation
SA ——— atime
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
i these heard sound of a/c and attempted to Observer located object in vicinity of
BANS, Saw obJ in vicinity of sun (42 deg sun, then followed ou jest to point
lev). Object was s!lvsr and highly reflective.| behind trees on hill, description
‘ppeared to be stationary, thon moved in including circumstance of sighting in
irect flight over the hor!zon to the 3F in location near sua indicates that the
about 1 min. Oval possibly, nu d=talls, no tall] witness probably saw reflection from
Had a whip motion, disappearance waa behind the a/c that he was attempting to locate],
trees on hill. however, cculd not distinquish features
| of this a/c due to the briefness of the
| sighting.
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