YORK, PENNSYLVANIAJanuary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On January 10, 1954, in York, Pennsylvania, one civilian witness reported seeing a bright moving object forming an arc or cone shape with a round base. Several people observed it traveling at rapid speed. The sighting lasted 2-3 seconds. The witness reported that the object left a blue glow followed by a yellow arc in its wake, traveling in an easterly direction. The Air Force evaluated this case as an unidentified sighting.

Reported location

YORK, PENNSYLVANIA

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

PA / 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 10 JANUARY 1954
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Late 10/0555Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes / No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-3 seconds

2. LOCATION: YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual / Air-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One
9. COURSE: [illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Bright moving object forming arc - cone shaped with round base.
1. Sighted by several people
2. Rapid speed.

11. COMMENTS:
Meteor sighting.

From document ATI: 161346 (a-c) in Library.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 51)

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