Mississippi City, MississippiMay 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On June 1, 1954, at about 4:30 a.m. local time in Mississippi City, Mississippi, six civilians reported one object for about two minutes. It was round, the size of a baseball, and reddish-yellow, turning green at times. Two red balls fell from the large light after the object passed to the east. The object was first seen at 200 degrees azimuth and disappeared at 95 degrees azimuth after about two minutes of level flight. Air Force analysts said it was possibly a flare from an aircraft on a training mission. The official conclusion was aircraft, with a possible flare noted.

Reported location

Mississippi City, Mississippi

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

MS / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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eat Si PROJECT 10073 RECORD ihe i
1, DATE - Jie GROUP 2. LOCATION :
31 May . B
01/Jun/04302 Mississippi City, Mississippi | 3
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUsioN WAS AIRCRAFT; OTHER: POSSIBLE FLARE i
civilian (6) Possible flare from a/c on training missions. 3
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS a
one ; b:
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
» Object round. Size of baseball. Reddish-yellow, green at times. i
2 minutes Two red balls fell frm large light after object passed to i
East initial observation at 200 deg az disappeared at 95 E
Br FYRW WY Sam—re— deg az after level flight of 2 min. b-
ground visual |
8. PHOTOS 3
O Yes : 3
4 X No -
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE :
D Yes : %
0 Ne : i
FORM ;
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may be used. - 4
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