KEFLAVIK AFB, ICELAND, November 1953November 1953

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Summary

On November 27, 1953, at about 6:30 p.m. local time near Keflavik Airport, Iceland, two military pilots reported one object. The sighting was made from a C-47 aircraft. The pilot, a major with 12 years of flying, was completing a turn when he saw the object. The co-pilot saw it only briefly.

The object was a bluish, oval light. It was about two miles south of the airport at an estimated 1,500 feet. It moved east at an estimated 500 to 600 miles per hour, climbing at about a 45 degree angle. It reached about 5,000 feet, then seemed to brighten or diffuse and disappear. The pilot watched it for about seven seconds. He said the light resembled a jet flame but said he had never seen a jet flame like it.

Local weather showed scattered and broken clouds with 15 miles visibility, and no weather balloons were released during the flight. Records showed no jet aircraft airborne and no radar plots. The Air Force record lists the conclusion as astronomical, meteor. The reporting officer rated it a possible astronomical event.

Reported location

KEFLAVIK AFB, ICELAND, November 1953

Date of incident

November 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

. 1 DATE { TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION oo | | 27 Nov 53 27/18302 KEFLAWIK AF ICEAAND | 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION ; MILITARY ASTRONOMICAL: METSOR 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ONE : : 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS SEVEN SECONDS Bluish light moving eastward at 500-600 mph. Climbed from 1000 to 5000 ft and disappeared. : 7. COURSE east : 8. PHOTOS 0 Yes Nr RX) Ne 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 0 Yee a Ne FORM Ro FTD sep 43 0.329 (TDE) previous odiuiens of this form mey bo used. :