Washington, D.C., August 1954August 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 4, 1954, a civilian in Washington, D.C. reported observing an object from 12:10 a.m. to 1:40 a.m. EST. The object appeared star-like and small with no marked movement or maneuvers, though it bobbed occasionally. It resembled an evening star and was bluish in color. The object moved from south to northwest at 30 degrees elevation. As it disappeared, it turned gold in color. The observation lasted one and one-half hours. Mars was setting at the time of disappearance in the position of the reported object. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Washington, D.C., August 1954

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 August 1954
2. LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
12. CONCLUSIONS:
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical MARS
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other_
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 0010 EST
GMT 04/0510Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
[X] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [] Yes [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 1/2 hours
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Star like, small - no marked movement or maneuver - bob occasionally. Round-intensity of evening star-bluish, resembled cross through sighting. BX, 30 deg elev. movement from S to NW. Gold color as object disappeared.

11. COMMENTS:
Mars setting at time of disappearance in position of reported object during evening star-bluish, resembled cross through sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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