Sea of Japan, March 1952March 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 4, 1952, an A/C crew near Sebring, Florida, reported sighting an orange, oval-shaped object in horizontal flight traveling at terrific speed. The object measured approximately 50 to 100 feet in length and left a bright orange trail behind it. The observation lasted 1.5 to 2 minutes and involved one object. The crew observed the object fade from sight at terrific speed. The source was an A/C crew. The evaluation listed was Unknown.

Reported location

Sea of Japan, March 1952

Date of incident

March 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                           12. CONCLUSIONS
   4 Mar 52                          Sebring, Fla                         [] Probably Balloon
                                                                           [] Probably Weather Phenomenon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION              [] Was Aircraft
   Local ___/___/___               [X] Ground-Visual  [ ] Ground-Radar  [] Probably Aircraft
   Z 0200Z                         [ ] Air-Visual     [ ] Interceptor Radar  [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                         6. SOURCE                           [] Was Astronomical (METEOR)
   [X] Yes                            OSL A/C Crew                      [] Probably Astronomical
   [ ] No                                                               [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION          8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE    [] Oth...
   1.5 - 2 minutes                    1                                [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
                                                                       [] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING     11. COMMENTS

    Orange color. Oval shape. Horizontal
    plane, terrific speed.
    Oval shaped, 50-100 feet in length
    trail end object were bright orange faded
    from sight at terrific speed.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940858