OFF OF OKINAWA, October 1954October 1954

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Summary

On October 18, 1954, an object was reported off Okinawa. The report came from both military and civilian sources. The sighting lasted about ten seconds as the sun was rising.

The object was blue white and disc shaped. It moved at a tremendous rate of speed and seemed to waver up and down during flight. It made no sound and left no trail. It traveled from the southeast toward the northwest. No aircraft or balloons were known to be in the area at the time.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as possibly astronomical, a meteor. The case was filed as part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

OFF OF OKINAWA, October 1954

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD |
) 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION |
3 [208 5+ |
: 18/21007 OFF OF OKINAWA
] 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION |
: MIL & CIV POSSIBLY ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR |
: 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
E | ONE : |
4 {5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 2
; TEN SECONDS Blue-white. Disc shaped. Tremendous rate of speed. Seem to
x —— ee La a x. 3 } : TAT co gt] Es {
5 TYPE OF OBSERVATION WAVEr up and down during f1t, no sound or trail, sun Was
5 rising at time-obj was obsd. No afc or ball in vicinity
a GROUTID VISUAL at time of sighting.
7. COURSE ;
: COMMENTS :
; SE TO NW Possible meteor. Ext from ATIC 207360 IR-T7-54, dtd
: : . rE) : : Nios 3S g :
TTT 2 25 Oct 54, on file in ATIC repository (uncl)
0 Yes
X No |
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes
0 No |
FORM |
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
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