Atlanta unidentified radar-target report — February 5, 1955

On 5 February 1955, the Air Defense Command (ADC) intercepted an unidentified flying object (UFO) in the vicinity of Atlanta, Georgia. At approximately 1750 hours, the ADC radar station at Atlanta, Georgia, detected an unidentified fast-moving target moving southward at an estimated speed of 4,000 miles per hour at an altitude of 35,000 feet. The object was tracked on radar for approximately 2 minutes before disappearing from the radar scope.