Normandy, MissouriJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On July 18, 1954, in Normandy, Missouri, a greenish white object was sighted at 30 degrees elevation moving west at 30 degrees azimuth. The object disappeared to the northwest in 30 minutes as wind pushed it from view. Two F-86 fighter jets in the area reported occasional lightning. The object was visible for 30 minutes and moved into the wind. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified.

Reported location

Normandy, Missouri

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

MO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 18 July 54
2. LOCATION: Normandy, Missouri
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkbox] Balloon [Checkbox] Probably Balloon [Checkbox] Possibly Balloon [Checkbox] Was Aircraft [Checkbox] Probably Aircraft [Checkbox] Possibly Aircraft [Checkbox] Was Astronomical [Checkbox] Probably Astronomical [Checkbox] Possibly Astronomical [Checkbox] Other [Checkbox] UNIDENTIFIED [Checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [Checkbox] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 19/024Z07
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [Checkbox] Ground-Visual [Checkbox] Ground-Radar [Checkbox] Air-Visual [Checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [Checkbox] Yes [Checkbox]X No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 30 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: W

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Greenish white object at 30 deg elevation, 30 deg azimuth moving W. Disappear to NW in 30 minutes by fading from view winds from NW. Two reports F-86's in area. Occasional lightning.

11. COMMENTS: Object in sight for 30 minutes. Moving into wind.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959041