St Lawrence Island, AlaskaMay 1954

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# Summary

On May 1, 1954, a white light was observed moving along the horizon near St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The sighting lasted about five minutes. The observer was on the ground and saw the object with the naked eye.

The Air Force recorded few details about the incident. The case file notes that no other unusual features were observed, and no photographs or physical evidence was collected. The official evaluation concluded the object was possibly a vessel.

The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives across 7 pages.

Reported location

St Lawrence Island, Alaska

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

AK / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 7

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i :
PROJECT 10073 RECORD |

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION \ | 8
bh May 54 |
05/1030% St Lawrence Island, Alaska | 8
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
civilian SHIP
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one Possible vessel, ATIC 184032 (a) on file in repository. |
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 minutes Saw white light proceeding along horizon. No other peculiarities
% TYPE OF OBSERVATION |noted. NO — IN FILE.
ground visual :
8. PHOTOS

0 Yes

® No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

DO Yes 3

D0 No

FORM

FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958129