Neustadt, Germany, August 1954August 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 4, 1954, a civilian in Neustadt, Germany reported observing a round, orange object with straight and circular flight pattern. The object appeared to rise at angles between 45 and 60 degrees in the east. At final observation, it was at 180 degrees azimuth. The sighting lasted 35 minutes and involved one object. The observation was ground-visual. Comments noted a star visible through atmospheric layers and Mars in the reported position. No official evaluation is marked on the record card.

Reported location

Neustadt, Germany, August 1954

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
4 August 1954                    Neustadt, Germany              [] Was Balloon
                                                                 [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [] Possibly Balloon
Local _______________            [X] Ground-Visual  [] Ground-Radar   
GMT 04/2100Z                     [] Air-Visual      [] Air-Intercept Radar [] Was Aircraft
                                                                 [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       6. SOURCE                      [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes                           Civilian                       [] Was Astronomical MARS
[X] No                                                          [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                 [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE
35 Minutes                       1                  Next        [] Other__________
                                                                 [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS                   [] Unknown
Round, orange, straight and circular flight   Star through atmospheric layers.
pattern. In east. Appeared to rise 45-60 deg  Mars in reported position.
elev, 180 deg az at final observation.


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