Manston AFS, England, January 1954January 1954

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Manston AFS, England, January 1954 in January 1954. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 20.

Reported location

Manston AFS, England, January 1954

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : 3
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 3
“ as Balloon 3
q VRnston ARS - w 0 Probably Balloon iE
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSER - 0 Possibly Balloon 4
Loe | 0 GrumdVised O Ground-Radar G Provetly Riverelt \
BMT 19/1002 19/14152 XEXAir Visvel O Air-intercept Radar | DO Possibly Aireralt 1
: HOTO! OUR 0 Was Astronomical ¥
O Yes 0 Probably Astrenomical ;
O Possibly Astronomical p
- { aL 5
k TION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BT —— 3
= SRT OY we— . o Insubficiont Dote for Evaluation]
2 EH ound ,silvery obj ptationary OQ Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 3
1+ Round silvery object stationary in air obsepved Ballocn conforms with descriptioh ;
by alrcrew. A/C at 33,000. Object at 45 deg given. No informatian presented
elevation from them. Pilot turned left and lost conflicting with this analysis. N
sight of object. Could not relocate.
2. A/C at 45,000 ohservad obisct above him at
estimated altitude of 60,000 rt. mseribed asla
silver sphere. Object still. i+illiant. Observed
for five minutes from all angies,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 52) idl Si
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957362

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Manston AFS

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-01-01