Waco, TexasJanuary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On January 21, 1954, an aircrew reported a bright white light near Waco, Texas. The sighting was made at 1556 local time by four crew members. It came in as a pilot report and was relayed to Project Blue Book, the Air Force program that studied unidentified flying object reports under its Project 10073 record system.

The crew described a single bright white light about 10 miles to the east of their aircraft, at roughly 18,000 feet. It was moving from north to south at low speed. The sky was clear.

The Air Force noted the report gave no description of shape, no size, and no length of time for the sighting. The case was marked as having insufficient data for evaluation, and no further action was taken.

Reported location

Waco, Texas

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

TX / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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i aE TIENT RB ert + ae od
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ¥ :
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1
21 J IN O Wos Balloon i
an 5 Waco, Texas O Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i. TVR Sa—
(X Ground- Vi sel O Greund-Radar S Drohdly Rovere ;
BMT. 21/06282 [3 $e Visvol O Air-intercopt Radar |O Possibly Airerafr 3
HOTO! OUR 0 Wes Astronomical i
O Probably Astronomical
milita O Possibly Astronomicel |
? . South TX xdInsufficient Dota for Evaluation A
0 Unknown 3
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Bright white light -- East 10 miles from | No description, size or time length. :
aircraft. Proceeding north to South at low No further action.
speed. Observed by four alr crew members. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Boers

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957368