Williamsburg, VirginiaJanuary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On a date in January 1955, a witness near Williamsburg, Virginia, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted about two hours. The object was toward the south.

The object was described as a white light that gradually faded out with the arrival of daylight.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, noted the conclusion was possibly astronomical. The card stated it sounded like a star or planet. There was no report in the file.

Reported location

Williamsburg, Virginia

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

VA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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: ' PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1 |
~ Fis | i ; 3 Vos Balloon
A January 1955 Williamsburg, Virginia O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~~ |O Possibly Balloon
2 : 0 Was Aircraft
BE EL A a SR RR RS a Xi Ground- Visual 1 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Rtiacale
LON DRERRDE, : GU Air- Visual " 0 Air-Intercept Radar BUR) mal star/
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical planet
0 Yes | 0 Probably Astronomico i
E 8 goo IK Possibly Ast ical
EEE RN taen ® Meedtgan.. 0 TEAK Retmisied
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CRE ER AE SN
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown .
Lad Bourg. SO piputes | one | south HEAR [ER NS HN Se
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Vi 3 - 1 < . - ~~ “4 - .
White light gradually faded out with Sounds like star or planet.
the advent of daylight,
No Report in File
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960813