Wichita, KansasApril 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 24, 1954, at night, a witness in Wichita, Kansas, reported lights in the sky. The witness was sitting in a car on Market Street, facing north.

The witness reported seeing seven to nine lights flying in a "V" formation. One light would drop back and then return to its place. The objects flew north in steady flight and appeared very high and extremely fast. Their brightness was compared to faint stars. The sighting lasted about 10 to 12 seconds.

This sighting was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Wichita, Kansas

Date of incident

April 1954

State / country

KS / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

View transcribed text

= ¢ I= PERF S——
Ae
- |
2 ns 2 LOCA 12. CONCLUSIONS
T BE | | © Wes Bellosn 1
= Wichita, Kansas .._|O Probably Balloon
a — © TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balleen |
- O° Wes Airerelt
a 8 Grownd-Viswdl D Ground-Reder 0 Probebly Airerets
a my ON/02502 (Night) 0 Ate Yiguel . © Aiv-intercopt Reder [0 Possibly Airereht |
ees wd ne O Wes Astrenemicel |
a 0 Probebly Astronemicel
6 4 A ng wv a 0 Possibly Astronemicel
«=+ T9 LENSTH OF GROBRYV AG cx - OF OBJ 9%. CoURsE © @ Ohee Birds =
SAE : 3 : nah ER 2 Bg Dete for Evaluation
.* 110-12 seconds Northerly nown |
"0. ORISP SUMMARY OF SENTING 11. COMMENTS
*. }Lights ia V formation, one would periodically
!» | drop back and then resume position. Sitting
.._ | in car facing North. Speed of objects t
p extremely fast. Steady flight. Brightness of
. | 6 deg or 3 deg mag stars.
_. ANIC DORM 330 (REV 26 SRP 2)
be 5S Rl xd

/ 4

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957975