Savannah, GeorgiaJune 1954

Unidentified

Summary

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On June 21, 1954, a resident of Savannah, Georgia reported seeing an unidentified flying object at around 10:47 p.m. from his home. The witness described the object as resembling an airplane with a glass bottom and orange lights shining through it. According to the report, the object made no sound and moved at extremely high speed. The witness's wife also reported seeing the same object on June 21 and 23, 1954.

The Air Force investigation noted that essential details were missing from the original report, which had been filed using a form from a book on flying saucers. A second sighting, this one from Cleveland, Ohio on June 22, 1954 at around 5:20 a.m., involved a witness who described a cigar or dirigible-shaped object, gray in color, about the size of two houses combined. This object came within 200 to 300 feet of rooftops, moved suddenly upward, and allegedly emitted an odor of burning sulphur.

The Air Force's official evaluation for the Savannah case was unidentified, though the report indicated insufficient data for proper analysis. The full case file, comprising 11 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Savannah, Georgia

Date of incident

June 1954

State / country

GA / US

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 11

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE © 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 June 1952 SER hoc O Wos Boiloon
ne 1954 javannah, Georgia 8 Probably Buleen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION RI) ORR ey: RSTn
22L7 . 0 Was Aivcroft
Ghee aa 2) Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodaer 0 Probably Aireroft
3 oks) ! Lrg i
omv__22/ 03.172 0 AirVisval O Air-intercep? Radar O Possibly Airerait
5. PHOTOS i] RC 3 Was Astronomical
: O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
1 Ne Civilian J 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Lo [RI 0] 1,1] ARI EDOMA TRE STRAIN YAN BCCI
BL Insuvificient Dota for Evaluation
ar a a pe y Erle 0 Unknown
Not Revorted 1k Not Reported
—————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Similar to acft with glass bottom with orange Essential elements missing, Insufficien
lights shining through. No sound, Moved at data for analysis,
extremely high speeds. Object appeared as poipt
of light only like a star of high altitude. al eh
5
; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958629