1954 05 6781726 50milesswofneedles California
1954-05-6781726-50milesSWofNeedles-California is a document from the archives, released by The Black Vault. It's a report from the United States Air Force regarding an unidentified flying object sighting on May 12, 1954, approximately 50 miles southwest of Needles, California. This document is part of the Project 10073 records, a collection of reports on UFO sightings.
- Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Date
- JUL 18 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1954-05-6781726-50milesSWofNeedles-California
Episode notes
1954-05-6781726-50milesSWofNeedles-California is a document from the archives, released by The Black Vault. It's a report from the United States Air Force regarding an unidentified flying object sighting on May 12, 1954, approximately 50 miles southwest of Needles, California. This document is part…
Source document: https://archive.org/details/1954-05-6781726-50milesSWofNeedles-California
Questions about this case
- What was 1954 05 6781726 50milesswofneedles California about?
- 1954-05-6781726-50milesSWofNeedles-California is a document from the archives, released by The Black Vault. It's a report from the United States Air Force regarding an unidentified flying object sighting on May 12, 1954, approximately 50 miles southwest of Needles, California. This document is part of the Project 10073 records, a collection of reports on UFO sightings.
- Why was this case declassified?
- This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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