UFOB Index Card and Related Correspondence — 20 November 1954

This document collection details a UFO sighting report from 20 November 1954, involving a pilot flying aircraft N918. The pilot reported observing a blue and white light that was glowing and flashing, which moved up and down before slowly disappearing. The duration of the observation was estimated at three to five minutes. The incident occurred 130 miles southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. Following the report, the pilot was questioned via telephone by an operations dispatcher at Miami AFB. The pilot ultimately stated that the object he had seen was definitely a star. The documentation includes a UFOB Index Card and several teletype messages between various military installations, including Maxwell Flight Service Center, Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), and the 34th Air Division. Internal communications indicate that the duty operations officer at the Maxwell Flight Service Center was unable to provide a definitive cause for the sighting. A separate intelligence assessment considered the possibility that the object was a naval aircraft from the Key West Naval Station, but this was dismissed as an improbable threat to the United States. The records reflect the standard military procedure for handling such reports during the period, involving cross-referencing with other reports and verifying witness accounts through follow-up questioning.