Price, PennsylvaniaFebruary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On February 23, 1954, in Price, Pennsylvania, a civilian witness observed a ball of fire that moved and disappeared over a hill, then started a fire. The sighting lasted 5 seconds. One object was reported descending. An investigator found no sign of fire at the reported location. Other witnesses reported seeing a stationary light in the sky. Some witnesses reported a glowing object falling in the area of Honafter and a blinking stationary light in the sky on February 25 and 26, 1954. The Air Force evaluated this sighting as an unidentified object.

Reported location

Price, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

February 1954

State / country

PA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
23 Feb 54

2. LOCATION
Price, Pennsylvania

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 23/2010Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visad [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Viewed [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
civillan

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
descending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Ball of fire, moved and disappeared over hill and started fire.
1. No sign of fire could be located by investigator.
2. Others say stationary light in sky.

11. COMMENTS
Brief duration indicates possible meteor sighting.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957578