Homerville, GeorgiaAugust 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of August 5, 1954, a police officer in Homerville, Georgia, reported a small round object after being alerted by another person. The sighting lasted about 10 minutes. The object was blue with sparks and moved to the northeast. It bobbed up and down at about 45 degrees elevation.

The witness watched with the naked eye from Homerville, about 25 to 30 miles east of an Air Force base. Surface winds were from the west. The report was sent through a flight service center at a nearby Air Force base.

The Air Force record card said the description indicated a balloon observation.

Reported location

Homerville, Georgia

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

GA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
:
1. DATE - 2. LOCATION 12.” CONCLUSIONS |
Aug g . S B Wos Balloon |
5 August 1954 Homerville, Georgia O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BELO EI
3 O Wos Aiicraft {
meee I Ground- Visual D Ground-Rodar Q Probably Aircraft |
GMT [Yaa 0 Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
O Yes O Probably Astronomical i
' No Eivilien 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a NR0] {17 {ra SES le TORE
DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
10 minutes - Still visible il; NE BUG von
oa Cy re TE Le TE CE SE TT A ert Qe Ap SS re oe LR Te BRE Sl DR SSeS (EA CT She PL oS TP 6 KL wi See SLE, i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS |
Round, small, blue-srarks, moving NE, Description indicates{ Balloon obser— i
Bobhing up and down. 45 deg elevation. vation)
Winds from West.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 4

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959258