Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record Card — 8 February 1954 Sighting

📅 8 February 1954 📍 Key West, Florida 🏛 Air Technical Intelligence Center 📄 sighting_report

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A Pan American flight reported an unidentified object at 20,000 feet near Key West on February 8, 1954. The case was closed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center due to insufficient data.

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 8, 1954. The sighting was made by the crew of Pan American Flight 433 while operating 30 miles south of Key West, Florida. The object was observed at an altitude of 20,000 feet, traveling on a course from the southwest to the northeast. The report explicitly states that no description of the object was provided by the witnesses, nor was the duration of the sighting recorded. The weather conditions at the time were noted as having unrestricted visibility with scattered cloud cover at 2,000 feet and thunderstorms to the north-northeast. The report was processed through the Maxwell Flight Service Center and directed to the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The final conclusion recorded on the project card is that there was insufficient data for evaluation.

No description of object or length of sighting given.

Official Assessment

Insufficient Data for Evaluation

The object was observed by Pan American Flight 433 at 20,000 feet moving from the southwest to the northeast. No description of the object or length of the sighting was provided.

Witnesses