Greenbrier, West VirginiaApril 1954

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Greenbrier, West Virginia in April 1954. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 20.

Reported location

Greenbrier, West Virginia

Date of incident

April 1954

State / country

WV / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
24 Apr 24/25/00352 (H)

2. LOCATION
Greenbrier, West Virginia

3. SOURCE
Unknown

10. CONCLUSION
PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL; METEOR

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Bright white and orange flame. Speed est in excess of 7000 mph.

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
15 seconds
Probably meteor.

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Air-visual

7. COURSE
[blank]

8. PHOTOS
[checkbox] Yes
[checkbox] No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
[checkbox] Yes
[checkbox] No

FORM
FTD SEP 65 0-329 (TDE) Previous edition of this form may be used.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958080

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