Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Sighting Report: Brookley AFB, Alabama, 28 November 1953

📅 28 November 1953 📍 Brookley AFB, Alabama 🏛 Air Defense Command, ATIC Wright Patterson AFB, Directorate … 📄 Military teletype/cable

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TL;DR

A sighting of a pale blue, round object at Brookley AFB on November 28, 1953, was officially identified as the planet Jupiter. The document also contains unrelated reports of meteor sightings at sea.

This document consists of a series of military teletype reports and Hydrographic Bulletin excerpts from late 1953. The primary report details a sighting at Brookley AFB, Alabama, on November 28, 1953. Three witnesses, including two civilian police officers and an airman from the 1793rd Traffic Squadron, observed a flat, round, pale blue object, approximately the size of a grapefruit, at dawn. The object maintained a straight and level flight path for approximately 20 minutes before disappearing. The official conclusion reached by the investigating intelligence officer was that the object was the planet Jupiter. The document also includes two unrelated reports from the Hydrographic Bulletin regarding meteor sightings in the North Pacific and North Atlantic in late November 1953, which were likely included for reference or comparison purposes. The Brookley AFB report was processed under the OTNB-M-4 UFOBS project, referencing Air Force Regulation 200-2. The document is marked as unclassified and contains detailed meteorological data for the time of the sighting, including wind direction and temperature at various altitudes.

Object was flat, round, flew straight and level, no manuevers, no rapid movement.

Official Assessment

Astronomical: Jupiter

The object was identified as the planet Jupiter by the intelligence officer, noting the observer's opinion that it appeared to be a star.

Witnesses

Key Persons

Military Units