PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Septemb~r 1954 Ci a 'ilpin o , Was Ball oon Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibl y Balloon QCGround Vis ual 0 Gra undRodar d Was Aircraft Pro bob I y Ai rcroh 0 Air-VIsual 0 Air-Intercep t Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft .5. PHOTOS a Was Astronomi col a P robably Astronomical 'L!il i tr:tlj ( I tP.lia.."l) a Po ssi bl y Astronomi c ol 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS a Insufficient Dot o fo r E'llaluation Einute s 1 BRIEII SUMMARY Oft SIGHTING Cig3.r shan e trail -j el1:.r ln .::!lo-:.1.0 n f L:;h '5hape stat.i ona..z--J . Sighting just Frn ba:)l.., b~for .. sunset Disa~-:JP.:~ r;d Se v . r c.l Re:)or t:"'d dete c':8'ii by Re;>t fl~t ~or:tn1et'3 'C FORM 329 (REV :Z6 SEP 52) The followi~g is an extract of over vaious sections of' Referenc e ATIC 201047 ~ series o f UFO slgh-cings observed dated 29 Oct 54. Austria -19 Aug 54 UNCLASSIF1ED Small, gleaming disc-like object, about Observed for 2 minutes. ATIC Eval: Possible Finland -14 Sep 54 large a s Ve nus. Circular flying object over Helsinki at nigh-c. Flying a t Boo meters (alt), it gave off an intense light and left trail of reddish smoke. Visible for 7 sec. ATIC Eval: Possible meteorite .../France -30 Aug 54 -Paris A Paris reside nt observed a l1minuous circular object f lying over the city. ATIC Eval: UNKNOWN -Insufficient deta . Somme De9artrne~t -7 Sep 54 A 27 yea:r ol d mason and his assistant observed a "flying saucer" a t 0715 hrs, 7 ~ep 5~. The ob ject was grey and wa s observed hovering over a field about 200 ~ters from t he observer s . The ob j ect oscillated slowly a nd seemed to :W..re a closed door on i t s side. When the men had ~..l.Il a bout 50 meters to d it, the ob ject began to fly a~y. Smoke wa s then visible from a sort of exhaust pipe on the underside. After an oblique fligh~ of about l 5 meters, the object rose vertically a na disappeared. ~To trace of the ob.)ec-c was :found by police. The object wes about 10 meters in diameter and 3 meters in height, did not gl ow and departed noiselessly, trailing smoke. Visible for about 3 minutes. ATIC Eval: lJIIf.r<NOWN Aisne Depar ta~n~ -7 Sep 54 A l umi nuousm red orange disc observed by three persons. The disk stopped suddenly 300 - 400 meters f'rom the ground. It seemed to have on its side a small lmninuous tail forming an integral part of the object. val: ON -Insufficient data. Italy -14 Sep 54 T1vo inhabitant s of Pitigliano report sig ing of a =ound, white object making a strange, loud noise. The object came t.o a stand still and then disappeared at high speed . A.TIC Eve.l: UNKNOWN -Insufficient data Rome -l7 Sep 54 On the afternoon of 17 Sep 54, the control tower at the Ciampino Air Base ob served a mysterious object sha ped like a half a c i gar f lying s lowly a t an altitude of 1 , 200 meters. The ob ject, leaving a trail of luminuous s moke, vas visib l e for 40 minutes. ATIC Eval: .Probable hi gh Altitude a/c. l Netherlands -4 Au g 54 Ten fireman observed two "flying saucers" over the Hague on the ngith of 4 Augus t between 2300 and 2400 hours. They moved at incred ible speed, at times remaining motionless for as long as 30 secon d s . They ~re flat ovals with a whitish gray light. AT!C Eva l : Possible searchlight Note: During the summar and fall months of 1954, there he.s been a marked increase i n UFO sightings throughout Europe. ATIC attributes the m.e.jori ty of these sightings to two basic reasons. l. The European press has been quick to publish, in detail, UFO sightings which has resulted in influencing a great number of persons f or persona~ publicity. 2 . Mr. D. Keyhoe's book was recently translated into various foreign languages e.nd went on sale a t newstands throughout Europe during the smnrnar .OWNGRADl'D AT 3 YEAR r~n.!.n\ LS 1 D'BClu\S~U,ISD .'\FTER 12 YEARS. llQU DlR 6eOO.lt} T'J T::P.IL ?L . I v-CL \iS .-. vn'it I rt o -fo o \ ~o Case (lnioroation Only) Rome , Italy Source : CRIFO Ne,.rsletter l Oct 1954 C-23, Rome, Italy ... 9/lS/54) A . P . Wire: Startled R omans who saw a strange cigar-shaped object streaking over the capital floode d new spa per offices with calls. Radar operators also reported picking up the missile on instruments. Technicians at Ciampino Airfield described the "half-cigar" as plummeting oward earth for more than 1000 ft. , then rising at tremendous speed before vanishing. ( Thanks to George Popowitch, Barberton, Ohio.) An INS release by eyewitness Michael Chinigo states: "What attracted my at- tention was the strange sound as it passed overhead. It was like thunder with a staccato effec t ... a series of explosions that grew louder as the object got closer. This was followed by a dead silence as the thing stopped, or appeared to, at a height of about 6000 ft. Suddenly it shot upward and left an exhaus t trail of milky white smoke. It went straight up into the sky. The Defense Dept. described it as a 'clipped cone with a smaller s u dace on the bottom, or as two semi-circular disks, one bigger than the other, with a bigger one on top. To me it seemed like an inverted saw e d-off c o ne. What was stra nge was the object's ability to 'park' in mid-air f o r several minutes. The radar station at Rome which picked up the 'cigar' or 'cone' said it reg istered for 3': minutes." ( Thanks to Warren Morse, Palo Alto, Calif.) s Note: Sig n ificant here is the AP and INS release. Firs t they break: us the news on the Labrador sighting in July, then sil ence, then the Norwegian space man story in August, now Italy. F oreig n sightings all - -a subtle preparation.