Delray Beach, FloridaJune 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of June 21, 1954, witnesses at Delray Beach, Florida, reported a bright object over the ocean. The sighting lasted about 12 seconds. Two civilians, described as reliable, saw the object. It was round and disc shaped with a dome like structure on top, about the size of a basketball in appearance.

The object first hovered, then tilted toward the witnesses and seemed to spin. It started moving slowly east over the ocean with a wobbly motion, then straightened and sped away out of sight. No sound was reported.

The report came through a nearby Air Force base. The Air Force record card listed the case as astronomical and noted it was probably a meteor.

Reported location

Delray Beach, Florida

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

FL / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
7 TE ee EE EE EE ET Le ee ea fe om
{ 1. DATE ~ | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: | on Po OL Hal 17 Basch. Florid: OC Woas Bolloon
; | 21 June 1954 | Lo.ray beacn, riorlda 0 Probably Bolloon
§ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP IL TYPE OF OBSERVATION SRILA hg
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| Local | HXGrownd-Visval O Ground-Radar a Wes rd 2 i
§ 52701307 (MN) a Lrobelly ree
3 oY ERE ed a A RE 1 AleVYisuol 0 Air-intercept Rader DO Possibly Aircroit
j 5. PHOTOS g | 5 SOURCE { Was Astronomical Meteor {
Yas f 0 Probably Astronomical
CL No | Civilian (2) 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JRE 1 Te A Sa
f ! 13 Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
HER aT, EE groan 2 Unknown
12 Seconds One Fash
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY DF SIGHTING RG 11. COMMENTS
Disc 3h ot. Doms 1 wt 3 struct ; re on top ; : ovement at met * speeds,
; when titled toward observer, ninous, hound, i
] | Appeared to be spinning, Hovering reported
: | erratic wobbl orion. Ini =rvation at
5 deg elev in south. Disagpeared at & deg
3 2levaticn in east,
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; ATIC FCRM 329 (REY 26 SEP 52)

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