Hope, ArkansasJuly 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 21, 1954, at 11 p.m., a citizen and his son in Hope, Arkansas reported seeing a bright star-sized object traveling at terrific speed. The object came from the direction of Dallas and made a wide circle of Hope Municipal Airport. One object was observed. The sighting lasted an unknown duration. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for firm analysis, though it was noted as a probable aircraft sighting.

Reported location

Hope, Arkansas

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

AR / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
21 July 54

2. LOCATION
Hope, Arkansas

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[  ] Probably Balloon
[  ] Possibly Balloon
[  ] Was Aircraft
[  ] Probably Aircraft
[  ] Possibly Aircraft
[  ] Was Astronomical
[  ] Probably Astronomical
[  ] Possibly Astronomical
[  ] Other
[X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[  ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2300
GMT 22/0500Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual    [  ] Ground-Radar
[  ] Air-Visual       [  ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[  ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Unknown

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Size of bright star traveling at terrific speed. Flying saucer, came from Dallas and made wide circle of airport.

11. COMMENTS
Probable a/c sighting, however, there is insufficient data for firm analysis.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959073