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Hiroshima P2V lights

March 14, 1953, 11:45 p.m.
North of Hiroshima, Japan

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the Orbs page, not this specific sighting.
"groups of 5-10 colored lights"Shape words from the Project Blue Book summary

What happened

Groups of five to ten colored lights, 90 to 100 in all, drifted slowly back past the left side of the airplane for five minutes, seen and on radar.

Witnesses

Ten crew members of a U.S. Navy P2V-5 patrol plane, by eye and airborne radar

Explanation

Unresolved

No explanation has been found.

Sources

  1. Patrick Gross, Project Blue Book unknowns of 1953ufologie.patrickgross.org
  2. The Black Vault, Project Blue Book unknown case files, complete listtheblackvault.com

Filed by Project Blue Book as unidentified.