Shaw AFB, South CarolinaApril 1954

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On April 25, 1954, at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, military personnel observed an unidentified flying object. The object was green and round with a green exhaust trail approximately five diameters long. It was about the size of a pop bottle and headed north at an estimated 7000 feet altitude. Personnel at Columbia Radio Range Station C-119 observed the object through binoculars for approximately five seconds. The object traveled at 500 knots with visibility of 12 to 15 miles. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical in nature, specifically a meteor.

Reported location

Shaw AFB, South Carolina

Date of incident

April 1954

State / country

SC / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT BLUE RECORD

1. DATE-TIME GROUP
25 Apr 54/25/0410Z

2. LOCATION
Shaw AFB, South Carolina

3. SOURCE
civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
ground visual

7. COURSE
North

8. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
[] Yes
[] No

10. CONCLUSION
WAS ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Green object with exhaust, 5 time length of object.
C-119 area.

Meteor sighting.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958089