Cape Province, South Africa, December 1954December 1954

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Summary

On December 7, 1954, an Air Force officer in Cape Province, South Africa, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted a few minutes. The object moved slowly from west to east, then turned north.

The object was described as semicircular with a dome top. It was about the same diameter as a weather balloon and was white, with no trail or sound. The witness was tracking a meteorological balloon when light reflected from the object drew his attention. He used a theodolite to observe it.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as unidentified. The card noted there was no case on file.

Reported location

Cape Province, South Africa, December 1954

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 PU Se ey
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
] 7 Decambey 105) tis Se ay SAAN Seed 0 Yas Balloon
b { December .LY>54L Cape Province, South Africa &) Probably Bolioon
{ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
: \ 0 Wos Aircraft
E Local SC A © Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Rodar (1 Probably Aircroft
: emt Yi/ 11152 0 Air-Visuai O Air-intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
& JURE... AMER roscoe mari css ibestmer remem le — a ———— A A SY Se SS
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
4 OU Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
: B No 0c iv - Wea Eficer 0 Possibly Astronomical
‘ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE &F Othey UNIDELTIFLILD
: 0 Insufficient Daia for Evaluatien
E, Pr ae 3 - D Unknown
: { Minutes r § W to B
EARS (0 rome Edn I OR Rr I POR MSW BEER Ah 2a 2 ER rl (rk SE SE SR BE CAT EE SST ER
4 10, BRIZZ SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 15. COMMENTS
: Serii=circuldr with dome top, Same diameter Bvt racted from ATIC 211022A, It-42=55
| as wea balloon, White, No trail or sound, ) Feb 55, On file in ATIC Renosito wv.
p’ Source tracking met, balloon when reflected
light from object attracted sources attention.
Obj moved slowly from W - BE, then tums iN,
Sonirce used theodolite.,
No Case on File, :
ATIC FORM 329 (R2V 26 32? 52)
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