Finland, September 1954September 1954

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Summary

On September 14, 1954, a circular object was reported over Finland, near Helsinki. The sighting was one of a series of European reports collected by the Air Force in 1954. It happened at night and lasted about 7 seconds.

The object was flying at about 800 meters. It gave off an intense light and left a trail of reddish smoke.

The Air Force evaluation was a possible meteorite. The case was filed as part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Finland, September 1954

Date of incident

September 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD |
2 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION |
i 14 Sep 54 Finland |
2 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
3 ATIC Eval: Possible meteorite
E 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |
i = : —
Ek 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ir BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
iP f
i 7 Seconds Circular object, Flying at 800 meters (alt), it gave off an
3 intense light and left trail of reddish smoke. |
‘ 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | EEA dg oe UL trail of reddish s
£3 { / i ,
5 i
. Ground Visual f
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it 7. COURSE
: 8. PHOTOS

O Yes
: Tr Neo
: 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
; O Yes
x ju No

FORM

: FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
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