Pacific Ocean, January 1955January 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 18, 1955, a military observer in the Pacific Ocean reported a globular object with no sound. The object was white with a reddish color and disappeared as it flew low with aircraft. The Air Force evaluated this as a probable KC-97 aircraft flying in the opposite direction to the observer. An ATIC officer concurred with this assessment. No detailed report was filed beyond this record card.

Reported location

Pacific Ocean, January 1955

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT 16373 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
18 January 1955

2. LOCATION
Pacific Ocean

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
CMT 19/0810Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
[blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Globular shape. No sound. White reddish color as object disappeared. Object flow level with a/c.

No Report in File.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Probable KC-97 a/c flying in opposite direction to observer n/c. ATIC concurs in reporting officers evaluation of probable a/c.

EXT fm ATIC 209302, dtd 19 Jan 55 IR-4-55 on file in ATIC Repository.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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