28959154.pdf

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  29 July 1954 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | ☑ Was Balloon Experimental ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: Varied GMT | 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 Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Varied 1½ hr | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Ev…

OFFICIAL FILE COPY
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ELECTRONICS BRANCH
Office of Record
NOV 1954

ATIAE5/Capt Hardin/rc/69216

MEMORANDUM FOR CHIEF, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT GROUP
DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE

SUBJECT: (U) Unidentified Flying Object

1. This office did not receive an official report of the attached unidentified flying object account; however, information on hand indicates that this was definitely an experimental balloon.

2. The balloon (MNT-160 GU) was launched on 27 July 1954 in the vicinity of Manchester, New Hampshire. It circled inland, then cut to sea, then inland again and was over Atlantic City area on…

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29/ ATLANTIC CITY N.Y. 6

29 October 1954

SUMMARY OF ATLANTIC CITY CASE

On 25 October 54, a memo was received in ATIAE-5 from the AF Press Desk, Washington. Attached to the memo were several Atlantic City Newspaper Clippings dated 30 July 1954, relating a UFO report. The object had been seen by approximately 300 persons in the Atlantic City area on 29 July 1954.

There were no significant characteristics concerning the description or performance of the object, and quite a number of persons had reported the object "hovered" over the area for 1½ hours.

The above description, "hovered," …

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REPORTED SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS

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SIGNATURE - 27 JULY 65

# APPROXIMATE FLT PATH OF BALLOON LAUNCHED 28/0014 JUL 64 FROM

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INFORMATION OBTAINED
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