Manston, England, July 1954July 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 9, 1954, a military witness aboard an aircraft near Manston, England, saw a round white object through the aircraft window. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds. The object was described as a round white blob, about the apparent size of a dime.

The object made an almost vertical ascent until it disappeared. The witness, an aircraft navigator, was considered a reliable source with considerable flying experience. The aircraft was at about 5,000 feet at the time.

A local weather station reported no unusual weather and no weather balloon releases that could have been mistaken for the object. The Air Force record card listed the case as insufficient data for analysis.

Reported location

Manston, England, July 1954

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ha B CONCLUSIONS En
: SH hi : 4 |o Wes Balloon
: 9. July 195k Manston, England |© Probably Balison
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Smell GLERRIEET DRO
ye A RE REN a pe 0 Ground-Visual DO Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
mT ES O Probably Aircraft
FeAl se RE 7 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intarcept Radar BO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 ‘Was Astronomical
: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
& Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Di Other ween
Ed Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 Sscondzm it UP His ETE
10, BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ound white object observed through window Insufficient data for analysis. !
= of a/c, Vertical ascent. Too rapid for jet,
too close
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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B 5s : : 4 i En
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