Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD — Calcutta, India, 31 Oct 54
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A 1954 report documents a sighting of a bright, long-tailed object over Calcutta, India. Authorities concluded the object was a meteor.
This document is a Project 10073 record concerning an aerial sighting reported over Calcutta, India, on October 31, 1954. The report, designated as IR-727-54 and ATIC 204209 (No 133), was issued on November 23, 1954, by OAIRA in New Delhi. The primary source of the information was a civilian report, which was subsequently corroborated by a newspaper article published in the 'Hindustan Times' on November 13, 1954. The article described a bright, luminous object featuring a long tail observed in the sky over Calcutta. The official conclusion reached by the investigating authorities was that the object was astronomical in nature, specifically a meteor. The record notes that there was no physical evidence or photographic documentation associated with the event. Furthermore, the evaluating agency, ATIC, explicitly stated that the report contained no significant data and that there was insufficient information available for a formal evaluation beyond the initial assessment of it being a meteor.
No significant data is contained in this report.
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Official Assessment
WAS ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR
The report concludes that the sighting was a meteor based on a newspaper article from the Hindustan Times.