Key West, FloridaFebruary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On February 8, 1954, at 9:01 a.m., a Pan Am Airlines flight crew near Key West, Florida reported an unidentified object in flight. The object was observed at 20,000 feet, traveling from southwest to northeast. The sighting lasted an unknown duration. The observer was located 39 miles south of Key West. The object's description and course details were provided by civilian crew members aboard Pan Am Flight 433. Weather conditions included scattered clouds at 2,900 feet, with visibility unrestricted. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

Key West, Florida

Date of incident

February 1954

State / country

FL / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 February 1954

2. LOCATION
Key West, Florida

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: 09/0105Z

4. PHOTOS
Yes
No

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Unknown

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

7. SOURCE
Pan Am Airlines

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
No description of object or length of sighting given. Object in flight from SW to NE at 20,000 feet.

11. COMMENTS
[blank]

12. CONCLUSIONS
Missing From File / Probably Balloon / Possibly Balloon / Was Aircraft / Probably Aircraft / Possibly Aircraft / Was Astronomical / Probably Astronomical / Possibly Astronomical / Other / Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957520