Danville, VirginiaAugust 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On August 26, 1954, a civilian reported two objects near Danville, Virginia. The witness was an engraver and minister. The daytime sighting lasted about 2 minutes with clear weather and visibility of 7 miles.

Each object was elliptical with a dome on top, about 8 feet by 20 feet. They were silver with an orange glow at each end. The objects were first seen hovering to the northwest at about 30 degrees elevation. They then climbed side by side, straight up, at a very high speed and disappeared. The objects grew brighter as they climbed. No sound was heard.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as unidentified. The witness's reliability was listed as unknown. The case was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Danville, Virginia

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

VA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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i : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; Eo Ay eee BR ; ane es Fp O Was Balloon
26 August 1954 Danville, Virginia O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ee
> Vs § 0 Was Aircraft
Local po ET sat & Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
5) [ya H A i
OMT ROA BE. orn se A A Vise O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
i FLT re ER [eR a X |
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes 0 Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE arn Other NS DRNEL TRB 0
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
2 Minutes 2 Wert aan jo Unknown
. |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS EB REE
Elliptical wrth dome on top 8 X 20 ft - 1 observer - engraver and minister :
silver with orange glow. Hovered then Reliability unknown, Winds low sps=d f
climbed side by side disappearing in 2 peel from wast, ; |
Clear visibility 7 miles in NW at 30 deg UNIDENTIFITD |
elevation, Tot brighter zs chject climbed
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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