NW Atlanta, GASeptember 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 4, 1955, at 4:05 a.m. in northwest Atlanta, Georgia, eight civilian witnesses observed a round object like a light bulb, colored white-yellow and extremely bright. The sighting lasted 45 seconds to 1 minute. Witnesses described the object moving from south to southwest and then out of sight. An Atlanta Air Lines pilot also reported seeing the object. The Air Force investigation noted that AFSS records showed a B-36 aircraft with a searchlight operating from a blister on its side in the area at the time. The official evaluation was listed as Aircraft.

Reported location

NW Atlanta, GA

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

GA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
4 Sep 55

2. LOCATION
NW Atlanta, GA

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Scattered Clouds
Other_
Insufficient Data For Evaluation
Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ____
GMT 04/0505Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
45 sec 1 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, like a light bulb, white-yellow, extremely bright, 8 persons observed obj.

11. COMMENTS
AFOZD Inves revealed obj was B-36 with scanner searchlight operating from blister on side of a/c.

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