OLMSTEAD AFB, PENN, October 1954October 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 1, 1954, at 8:03 a.m., military personnel at Olmstead Air Force Base in Pennsylvania observed one object during daylight hours. The sighting lasted 3 to 5 seconds. The object was round with a blue fire trail and moved at fast speeds. It passed in front of an aircraft from 10 o'clock high and proceeded down in front of the nose of the aircraft. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation. The description of motion was inconclusive. The object may have been a meteor or a jet aircraft.

Reported location

OLMSTEAD AFB, PENN, October 1954

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

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
9 OCT 54
011152

2. LOCATION
OLMSTEAD AFB, PENN

3. SOURCE
MILITARY

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
ONE

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 - 5 seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
AIR VISUAL

7. COURSE
Z

8. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
[] Yes
[] No

10. CONCLUSION
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Round w/bl call light blue, blue fire trail, motions of fast moving a/c, passed in front of a/c from 10 o'clock high left and down in front of nose of a/c.

COMMENTS:
Insufficient data, description of motion inconclusive. Possible meteor or possible jet a/c.

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE)

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