Reading, PennsylvaniaMay 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On May 10, 1954, at about 11:20 p.m. in Reading, Pennsylvania, a 17-year-old civilian reported one object. He heard a roaring noise in the sky, looked up, and saw a glowing white object slowly moving in a circle above him. The noise grew louder as the object moved toward the moon, which was then in the west. His mother also saw it, and his father saw a bright, star-like object. The boy reported it by letter to military authorities. An Air Force operations officer replied that it was likely a radar weather balloon or other weather device, not a jet aircraft. The Air Force conclusion was possibly aircraft.

Reported location

Reading, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

PA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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Ge PROJECT 10073 RECORD . THON
I. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
10 May 54 Reading, Pennsylvania
a
1vilian POSSIBLY AIRCRAFT |
. }4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one ¢
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
minutes Glowing vhite object. Roaring noise. Manuverd slowly in circle |
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Noise became louder as Sb3ect moved toward moon.
ground visual :
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
DO Yes 3
0 Ne
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958183