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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 17 September 1954 | 2. LOCATION N. Rome Giampino, Italy | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 17/0645Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military (Italian) | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 45 Minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE ☐ Other ☐ Insuffic…

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The following is an extract of a series of UFO sightings observed over various sections of Europe during the period 31 July-20 Sep 54. Reference ATIC 201047, dated 29 Oct 54.

Austria - 19 Aug 54
Small, gleaming disc-like object, about twice as large as Venus. Observed for 2 minutes. ATIC Eval: Possible Balloon.

Finland - 14 Sep 54
Circular flying object over Helsinki at night. Flying at 800 meters (alt), it gave off an intense light and left trail of reddish smoke. Visible for 7 sec. ATIC Eval: Possible meteorite.

France - 30 Aug 54 - Paris
A Paris resident observed a luminous…

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Netherlands - 4 Aug 54
Ten fireman observed two "flying saucers" over the Hague on the
ninth of 4 August between 2300 and 2400 hours. They moved at incredible
speed, at times remaining motionless for as long as 30 seconds. They were
flat ovals with a whitish gray light. ATIC Eval: Possible searchlight
beams.

Note: During the summer and fall months of 1954, there has been a marked
increase in UFO sightings throughout Europe. ATIC attributes the majority
of these sightings to two basic reasons.
1. The European press has been quick to publish, in detail, UFO
sightings which has res…

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JFPDS 14
RR JEDEN JEDWP JFPDW 444
DE JFPDS 11
R 185289Z
FM DET CMDR WEA DET 29-6 ROME ITALY
TO JEDEN/CMDR AIR DEF COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
JEDWP/CMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CNTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEPQH/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQS USAF WASHINGTON 25 DC
JFPBW/CMDR USAFE WIESBADEN AB GER
UFOB CLN ONE CLN SHAPE OF JELLYFISH WHEN STATIONARY BUT CIGAR
SHAPED IN MOTION DUE PARTLY TO TRAIL PD LESS THAN A CENTIMETER
AT ARMS LENGTH PD SILVER COLOR WITH RED VIOLET STREAMS ALONG
ONE SIDE WITH CIRCLE OF DARK GREY…

ALTITUDE OF 6333 TO 14333 FT CMN REMAINED STATIONARY CMN THEN
MOVED NORTH TOWARDS CIVITAVECCHIA TO AZIMUTH OF 293 DEG CMN
GAINED ALTITUDE THEN MOVED WESTWARD DISSAPPEARING AT AZIMUTH
OF 273 DEG LON ELEVATION ANGLE BECAME CONFUSED WITH SOME CLOUDS
PD IN SIGHT 33 MINUTES CLEARLY AND OCCASIONALLY FOR ANOTHER 15
MINUTES PD THREE CLN SEEN WITH NAKED EYE AND WITH BINOCULARS
FROM CIAMPINO AIRFIELD CONTROL TOWER CMN ALSO REPORTED TRACKED
BY RADAR BY AIR DEFENSE UNIT BUT REPORT NOT AVAL PD FOUR CLN
1645Z TO 1715Z OCCAS UNTIL 1733Z ON 17 SEP 54 PD JUST BEFORE
SUNSET AND TOWARDS SUN PD FIVE CLN VISUAL OB…

N.Y. HT. Sun. Sept. 19, 1934

# NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE.

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This is not the first pipe line to be built from the coast to the Alaskan interior. A three-inch line built from Skagway to Fairbanks via Whitehorse during World War II as part of the Canoe project is still in partial operation.

## Flying Cigar Startles Romans

RCAM Sept. 18 1934 — Startled Romans who saw a strange cigar-shaped object stre…

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18 Sep 54
Rome, Italy
Source: CRIFO Newsletter 1 Oct 1954

C-23, Rome, Italy ... 9/18/54) A. P. Wire: Startled Romans who saw a strange cigar-shaped object streaking over the capital flooded newspaper offices with calls. Radar operators also reported picking up the missile on instruments. Technicians at Ciampino Airfield described the "half-cigar" as plummeting toward earth for more than 1000 ft., then rising at tremendous speed before vanishing. (Thanks to George Popowitch, Barberton, Ohio.)

An INS release by eyewitness Michael Chinigo states: "What attracted my at…