PROJECT 10073 RECORD - Nouasseur AFB, French Morocco - 12 March 1954

This document is a formal Project 10073 record detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on March 12, 1954, near Nouasseur Air Force Base in French Morocco. The primary witness was First Lieutenant Robert S. Johnson, a fighter pilot with the 357th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, whose reliability was rated as A-2. At approximately 0935Z, while flying an F-86F aircraft at 30,000 feet on a heading of 010 degrees, the pilot observed a single, white, silver-dollar-shaped object. The object was described as having a width greater than its height and was observed for approximately 30 seconds. The object maintained straight and level flight before suddenly disappearing. The pilot was following his element leader at the time of the sighting. The report confirms that the object was tracked both visually and by radar, with the controller corroborating the pilot's account. Weather conditions at the time included unlimited visibility at the point of observation, though there were thunderstorms below in all quadrants. The report notes that there was no turbulence above the cloud tops and no sound was heard from the object. The investigating officer, First Lieutenant James G. Henry, noted that a number of unidentified objects had been reported in the area during the preceding seven-day period. The official conclusion reached by the military authorities was that while the object was possibly an aircraft, there was insufficient data to reach a definitive conclusion.