OCEANA, VIRGINIAOctober 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On October 1, 1954, at Oceana, Virginia, a Navy pilot and ground observers reported a sighting of a single object. The object appeared as a solid trail of blue-white light with no sound, traveling in straight and level flight. The observation lasted 20 seconds and came from both ground visual and air visual perspectives. The object appeared to come from a tail pipe and was also observed from a POF-5 aircraft. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a meteor.

Reported location

OCEANA, VIRGINIA

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

VA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
23 OCT 54
231/2330Z

2. LOCATION
OCEANA, VIRGINIA

3. SOURCE
MILITARY (NAVY)

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
ONE

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 SECONDS

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
GROUND VISUAL, AIR VIS

7. COURSE
N TO S

8. PHOTOS
D Yes
X No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
D Yes
D No

10. CONCLUSION
METEOR

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Solid trail of blue-white light, appeared to come from tail pipe. No sound, straight and level flight, also obs from 1 PQF-5 a/c.

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960008