White Wood, S. Dakota, July 1954July 1954

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Summary

On July 5, 1954, military witnesses near White Wood, South Dakota, reported a huge object over the city. The sighting lasted about two hours. The object looked like a large star. It moved very slowly and appeared very low to the ground.

Aircraft were scrambled but could not make contact with the object. It was later reported moving west toward Deadwood, South Dakota, and it changed in brightness from dim to very bright. Residents of the town saw it.

A follow up message reported that the object was definitely a beacon, located about 14 miles southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota. The Air Force record card listed the cause as a beacon.

Reported location

White Wood, S. Dakota, July 1954

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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FANN PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 July 1954 Wnite Wood, S. Dakota 0. ‘Yas Ballent
| 5 195 jood, Se. Lakota 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 1. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BELL nA
; B® RY fi O Was Aiicraft
Local — = = = Gti py eat 1 BD Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft
: GMT VO, 35 = 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomicol
a Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
B No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE fr Other BEACON + ——0— 5
O Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
¢ = 0 Unknown
2 Hours 2 1 W
Ee 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Moved very slow, Huge, like star. Definitely identified as beacon
8 Very close to ground
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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