Calcutta, India, October 1954October 1954

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Summary

On October 31, 1954, an object was reported over Calcutta, India. The Air Force learned of it from a newspaper article in a local paper, which was forwarded by an attache in New Delhi.

The article described a bright, luminous object with a long tail seen in the sky over Calcutta. The report noted that no significant data was included.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as astronomical, a meteor. The case was filed as part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Calcutta, India, October 1954

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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4 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD |
1 1. DATE - TIME GROUF 2. LOCATION |
) 21 Oct 54
i - - - Calcutta, India
. 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
& CIVILIAN ~~ | WAS ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Bb TMIMIMEMRTEH ONE : !
gE: 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS :
fh ¥ & Newspaper article from 13 Nov concerning a bright
& TOT REPORTED liminous object with a long tail that was supposed
i 5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION to have been sighted over Calcutta, India.
4 ROUND VISUAL COMMENTS :
§ } | 7. COURSE Descriptive of a meteor observation.
4 8. PHOTOS
FE 0 Yes
& [+1 No
E 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
& 0 Yes ;
bv 0 No
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