Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Karachi, Pakistan, 23 October 1954
AI-Generated Summary
A 1954 sighting of a 'ball of fire' in Karachi, Pakistan, was investigated by ATIC and officially concluded to be a meteor.
This document is a Project 10073 record concerning an aerial sighting that occurred in Karachi, Pakistan, on 23 October 1954. The report documents a single object described as a 'ball of fire' observed by a civilian. The information was derived from an Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) report dated 29 October 1954, which provided a summary of an article that appeared in a Karachi newspaper. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, is that the phenomenon was astronomical in nature, specifically a meteor. The document includes a reference to ATIC file #207505 and notes that no physical evidence or photographs were associated with the event.
Ball of fire indicates a probable Meteor sighting.
PDF not loading? Download the PDF directly
Official Assessment
WAS ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR
The sighting of a ball of fire reported in a Karachi newspaper on 23 October 1954 was determined to be a probable meteor.