Kent, England, March 1953March 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 24, 1953, at 1329 (1:29 p.m., use of the Z time group), a civilian reported an object near Borstall, Kent, England. The report was sent by a U.S. Air Force fighter wing. One person saw the object.

The object appeared as a trail of fire, yellow in color. It flew straight and level at an estimated speed of about 600 miles per hour. Its shape could not be determined. It disappeared into a cloud. The report noted this was the fifth unidentified object reported in that area in the past 12 months. The observer was facing west. The sighting lasted about two minutes.

There was ground mist with a clear sky. There were no photos and no physical evidence. The Air Force noted it sounded like a meteor except for the long duration, and concluded the cause was insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Kent, England, March 1953

Date of incident

March 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION : Bo
oh lspch 53 24/1807 tent, Tnglnad |
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION :
Civili-n LISUTFICIRIT DATA FOR LV LUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS :
One Sounds like a lletcor cixecept for duration,
9. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
2 1dmbtes Yellar object appearing as a trall of fire traveled nx
sbroight and Jevel path ot an estl etd speéd of 600 rh, :
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION >
4 Fn of A 4
Ground-Vi sual ly Ne7 47 - we er bud NCTe
7. COURSE | / |
NIE :
8. PHOTOS
0 Yes
LX No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
2 Yor |
Zl Ne
FORM ;
FTD sep 63 0.329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may be used.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28953992