10.02.2025

October 29, 1954 - Pacific Ocean

The source of this information comes from the Blue Book files and Loren Gross’ history on UFOs.Project 1947’s files are also listed but those are usually just copies of news clippings and Blue Book files.

The Blue Book file

The Blue Book file contains a handwritten note about the sighting with a sketch. I have to assume the sketch is based on the verbal description:

It is not a lot of information to work with. Loren Gross’ document contains just a copy of this page and mentioning it was a “weird meteor”. 

Analysis

We are not given a lot of information. However, the speed was listed as being faster than a meteor. I am not sure what that means.

Meteors have varying angular speeds and something too fast to be a meteor would not be visible. The time listed is 1800Z. Philippine time is GMT+8, which is around 4AM local time. This means the sighting was at night. The “sparks” and odd shape are probably perception issues. Bright meteors sometimes fragment giving the impression of “sparks” being emitted. Blue Book classified it as a bright meteor and I see no reason to reject that explanation.

Conclusion

I would classify this as probably a bright meteor. Stating something was moving faster than a meteor is no reason to reject the meteor explanation. There is no reason to classify this as anything but a fireball. 

The sighting needs to be removed from the Weinstein Catalog.

Quelle: SUNlite 5/2024