Salinas, CaliforniaMay 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On May 15, 1954, at about 10:22 p.m. local time near Salinas, California, military pilots reported one object for about five seconds. They described a bright green, meteor-like object with a greenish tail. It descended from east to west and made no sound. The object exploded and disappeared. The report included winds-aloft data. A newscast later described it as a fireball meteor. A galley proof attached to the file discussed how green fireballs are usually slow and how meteors can follow level paths. The Air Force conclusion was astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Salinas, California

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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dtd PROJECT 10073 RECORD aL : |
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION :
15 May 5b f
16/06222 Salinas, California
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION WAS ASTRONOMICAL : METEOR | {
iilitary (pilots) |
Reported on Newscast as definitely being a Fireball Meteor. 3
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS (Lowell Thomas 17 May 5k) :
Dne ; Jig
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1]. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 seconds Bright green meteor like object greenish tail. Descending 3
east to west. No sound. Exploded and disappeared. vil
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ; :
air visual :
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8. PHOTOS i
% Yes J
No 3
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE {
0 Yes : :
0 Ne :
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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