Milwaukee, WisconsinMarch 1954

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Summary

In 1954, a moving light was reported over Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The witness was a civilian, and the sighting was made from the ground and filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described a star-like object that showed movement. It was a bright, round, silver object in the southwest. It made a series of arcs and rose until it disappeared behind clouds. It had a red glow on its leading edge.

The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical. The planet Jupiter was in the position of the sighting.

Reported location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date of incident

March 1954

State / country

WI / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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2 LOCATION . 12. CONCLUSIONS j
O Wes Bell 3
Milveukee, Wisconsin O Peel My Belloon i
t von 4 TYPE OF OBSERVAT OD Possibly Bolleon
a RE ® Greund-Visuel O Ground-Reder 4 Pooh Averelt
0 OTR 0 Air Vievel O Air-intercopt Reder | 0 Possibly Airerelr i]
URC % Wes Astrenemicel Supiter
: Probably Astrenemic |
da ERE pe rE |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS CH EERE TR NC
» Sion £ en Wael Latest I
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Star-like object displaying movement. Bright Witnesses two young boys. Neighbor called
round silver object in SW. Made series of arcs | to view obj. Believed it to be evening
and rise until disappearing behind clouds. Had | star vith motion attributed to passing
red glow on leading edge. : clouds. Jupiter in position of sighting
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 2¢ SBP 5D) : ; |
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