Germany, March 1948 - Incident Number: 118March 1948

Insufficient Data

Summary

On 29 March 1948 in Germany, a civilian scientist reported observing a white point of light moving at fast speed with no sound and no trail at an approximate height of 14 kilometers. The sighting lasted just over one hour and the object moved in a generally southward direction. The Air Force found the information insufficient for a definite conclusion. An investigator noted that the only possible astronomical explanation, a slow-moving meteor, was very unlikely.

Reported location

Germany, March 1948 - Incident Number: 118

Date of incident

March 1948

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT BLUE RECORD CARD                                    [INCIDENT #] 118

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      11A. CONCLUSIONS
29 March 1948                    Germany                          [] Wa Balloon
                                                                    [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION            [] Possibly Balloon
1630                            [] Ground-Visual     [] Ground-Radar
                                [X] Air-Visual       [] Air-Intercept-Radar  [] Was Aircraft
GMT                                                                [] Probably Aircraft
                                                                    [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       6. SOURCE
[] 11                           Civilian (Scientist)              [] Was Astronomical (METEOR)
                                                                    [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS    9. COURSE [] Possibly Astronomical
Just 11/2 on                    One                     S to N     
                                                                    [] Other
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS              [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
A white point of light, fast speed, no                Probably meteor.  [] Unknown
sound, no trail, approximate height
14 kilometers.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28930464