This is a declassified United States Air Force sighting report from Travis Air Force Base, California, dated August twelfth, nineteen fifty‑four. The document is notable because it records an early official observation of an unidentified aerial phenomenon, later referenced in UFO research circles.
The record was released to the public through The Black Vault archive. The entry appears under the identifier 1958‑02‑6961993‑TravisAFB‑Calif and was made available on the archive’s website as part of a broader effort to publish historical Air Force documents. The canonical URL for the source is https://archive.org/download/1958-02-6961993-TravisAFB-Calif/1958-02-6961993-TravisAFB-Calif_djvu.txt.
Project 1C073, record number blank, location blank. Type of observation: local. Ground‑based visual, ground‑based radar, air‑intercept radar, and photographs. Length of observation: blank. Number of objects: nine. Course: blank. Conclusion: blank. Observed object described as “Billion FDsiiJbly Botl&on Wci3 Au'crqft Probobly Aircroft Possibly Aif croft Was Aitranotni col … Possibly Astrononii col … Possibly Asirono<nicol Orbtjr … Insofficiant Doto for Eva^uotion Urk oo 10, QRier.”
Summary of sighting: “white th'.in ^ C a r -V i L h w h i t •4 i'laiTie. No sound.” The report continues: “A white elongated object, no sound, observed by a control tower operator on duty. The object appeared to the north‑east, straight line, approximately thirteen seconds. The object was observed at a bearing of one hundred twenty‑one degrees, for a duration of five minutes, moving westward from Travis AFB control tower.”
The report lists the personnel involved: “William L. Herron, 1S31 AACS Squadron; Johnson, 1$01 AACS Squadron; Clark, Lentine, 1S01 AACS Squadron; Ronald Isteg, STH Weather Squadron, Detachment 4; Eootk, 5th Air Police Squadron.” All personnel listed are noted as “
