Morris, South Australia, January 1954January 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 17, 1954, a black object was reported near Morris, South Australia. The witness was a commercial traveler. The sighting began at 1810 (6:10 p.m.) and lasted about 15 minutes.

The man first saw the object in the east at about 45 degrees elevation, where it appeared to be stationary. He said it looked like two saucers joined together by a span. There was a single object. It then flew west, turned north, and finally appeared to drop from view.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation. A note in the file mentioned that another person who had seen the report in a newspaper had been flying a box kite, though the witness was firm that what he saw was not a box kite.

Reported location

Morris, South Australia, 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

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J PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 4
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS 4
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION uM : Pe LOLRSR Gelatin 1
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10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
Black object in the East appeared to be statiofary. Object flew West. then flew E
North and finally drcpped after a 15 minute obgervation. One=ob ject. Initial observation F
at 45 deg elevation. lookad Like two saucers Jdined together by a span. E
Insufficient Data for evaluation.
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