Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMarch 1954

Unidentified

Summary

In 1954, bright objects were reported over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sighting was made from the ground and filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described bright objects flying in formation. They were round and silver in color, with no exhaust, no trail, and no sound. There was no radar pickup, and there were no other sightings.

The Air Force concluded the objects were possibly aircraft, and the file also noted they could have been reflections from migratory birds.

Reported location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

March 1954

State / country

PA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

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+: j exhaust, trail or sound. Round, silver in Possibly reflections from migratory

-« j color, appeared to have flame coming : birds.
| | from rear ends of objects. No exhuast no : |
: A smoke. ; : | :
| 4G PORN 200 (REV 3 08P 00) :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957961