London, England, August 1955August 1955

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On August 15, 1955, at about 2100 local time (9 p.m.) near Ruislip, in northwest London, England, two people saw a light in the night sky. The witnesses were the wife of an observer and a United States Air Force staff sergeant assigned to the 7th Air Division.

They reported one round, white, steady light. It was slightly larger than a star and glowed brightly. It made no sound and left no trail. The light moved across the sky from north to south on a straight path with no maneuvers, then was lost behind a house.

The sighting lasted about 3 to 5 minutes. About 5 minutes later, an aircraft was seen on a similar flight path at an estimated altitude of about 5,000 feet. The night was clear with no clouds and no moon visible.

An Air Force officer's preliminary analysis suggested the object was likely a meteor crossing the sky at high altitude, though he noted the long viewing time seemed excessive for a meteor. The date fell within the period of an annual meteor shower. The record card listed the case as possibly aircraft.

Reported location

London, England, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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A oki PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 7 O Wos Balloon
L> Aug 57 Cy AL 0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Sines gl ROWSE (SION
RRR SE YO 0 cL AO Ek Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar a 5 ot Ayers
Lp ROR AC fe ARO 0 Air Visual © Air-intercept Radar £1 Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
Q Ne (2 itish) and USAF Milita O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION : 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D 40 a sm gr
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3.5 mins 1 W to S a aa Dota for Evaluation
10,,BRUEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
: Round, white, steady light, slightly larger Possibly aircraft. 2
; than a star, glowing bright, straight flt,
| path, no sound or trail.
; : PE
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : |
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