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Cold open. This is a declassified United States Air Force questionnaire dated December nineteen fifty‑four, catalogued as file number one nine five four dash twelve dash six nine six three zero six seven dash Northeast Pennsylvania. It is notable because it captures a contemporaneous civilian report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon, preserving the raw observational data submitted to the Air Force Project Blue Book. Provenance. The document was released to the public by The Black Vault, an online repository of government records. It appears in the archive entry titled “1954‑12‑6963067‑Northeast‑Pennsylvania” and is accessible at the URL https://archive.org/download/1954-12-6963067-Northeast-Pennsylvania/1954-12-6963067-Northeast-Pennsylvaniadjvu.txt. No specific Freedom of Information Act case number is listed, and the release date is not indicated in the archive. The declassification authority is identified as the United States Air Force, which authorized the public dissemination of the material. The document. The questionnaire reads as follows: “Date‑Time Group: . Project: One zero zero seven three. Record Card. Location: Ground‑Vision. Source: Yes / No. Length of Observation: nineteen minutes. Brief Summary of Sighting: [text garbled] … The object appeared stationary and seemed to waver. It looked like a fish‑tug. The form was recorded on Form three twenty‑nine, revision twenty‑six September fifty‑two. Number of Objects: obscured due to brilliance of light. Appeared civilian. … Type of Observation: Ground‑Radar, Air‑Intercept Radar, other. Conclusions: Ground‑Radar – fake; Air‑Intercept Radar – object was observed; … Possible classifications: Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Unknown. Question twenty: Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an “A” at the origin of the path, a “B” at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. Question twenty‑two: If possible, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. Circle one: a. Head of a pin, b. Silver dollar, c. Baseball, d. Dime, e. Nickel, f. Basketball, g. Quarter, h. Other. Indicate certainty: Certain, Fairly certain, Not very sure, Uncertain. Question twenty‑three: How large did the object or objects appear compared with the following objects held in the hand? Circle one: Certain, Fairly certain, Not very sure, Uncertain. Question twenty‑four: How did the object or objects disappear from view? . Question twenty‑five: Where were you located when you saw the object? Circle one: a. Inside a building, b. In a car, c. Outdoors, d. In an airplane, e. At sea, f. Other. Question twenty‑six: Were you in the business section of a city? In the residential section? In open countryside? Flying near an airfield? Flying over a city? Flying over open country? Other. Question twenty‑seven: What were you doing at…

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 on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

1954 12 6963067 Northeast Pennsylvania

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Cold open. This is a declassified United States Air Force questionnaire dated December nineteen fifty‑four, catalogued as file number one nine five four dash twelve dash six nine six three zero six seven dash Northeast Pennsylvania.

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/1954-12-6963067-Northeast-Pennsylvania

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What was 1954 12 6963067 Northeast Pennsylvania about?: Cold open. This is a declassified United States Air Force questionnaire dated December nineteen fifty‑four, catalogued as file number one nine five four dash twelve dash six nine six three zero six seven dash Northeast Pennsylvania.
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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