Malvern, PennsylvaniaMay 1955

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Summary

On May 20, 1955, a civilian in Malvern, Pennsylvania saw a single object. It was an intermittent bright light. The light traveled from the south toward the north-northwest. The sighting lasted from about 30 seconds to one minute.

The light moved at a speed estimated at over 1,000 miles per hour. It made no sound, except for a thunder type sound noted when first seen. As it flew, a bright light appeared about every twenty degrees of arc, with no light in between. The sky was dark, so no object itself was visible. A Navy speedletter forwarded the case after a delay.

The Air Force noted that over a month passed between the sighting and the first report, which lowered the value of further investigation. None was authorized. Officials thought the witness may have seen an aircraft, possibly a jet, crossing the sky at high speed with running lights flashing on and off.

Reported location

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

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| 20 955 | 0 Probably Bel
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Local ST HGround- Visual J Ground-Radar H BLAS Rt
; i EAL AN 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Lx Possibly Aircraft
E dy ER SRR | TE 1) 1 OR Fe RRR | TTA oo
; 3 DO Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 { i HX No Ee 0 Possibly Astronomical
gE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [BE VE
EE O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i 0O Unknown
E 30 sec to 13 minute | __one bem to NNW :
EF 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTSDue to elapsed time of
: Intermittent bright light traveling | over % month between date of
| 3 at a speed estimated at over one sighting & date of initial rpt
I thousand (1000) MPH, emitting no to this hg and improbability of
f sound, except when first sighted value of further investigation,
iI a thunder type sound was noted, none authorized, Possible that
I During the flight path from south observer sighted an a/c, possibly
| to north-north-west a bright light Jet, crossing sky at high rate
4 was observed about every twenty dez-| gf speed w/its running lights
rees of arc from the observer and fiashing on and off.
§ no lights between these points,
& Owing to the dark sky no object was | ; :
| visible,
) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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