Norris, TennesseeApril 1954

Unidentified

Summary

In 1954, an object was reported near Norris, Tennessee at dawn. The sighting was made by air visual observation and filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described an oblong, wingless object about 2 to 3 feet across.

The Air Force concluded the object was an aircraft, noting that nothing in the report conflicted with that analysis.

Reported location

Norris, Tennessee

Date of incident

April 1954

State / country

TN / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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no color, whine sound like jet. :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957980