# January 17, 1953 — Guatemala City, Guatemala — Blimp-Like Object Sighted by Geologist

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**Category:** Blue Book Unknowns
**Created:** [January 16, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/january-17-1953-guatemala-city-guatemala-blimp-like-object-sighted-by-geologist/466 "2026-01-16T23:23:51Z")
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#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/january-17-1953-guatemala-city-guatemala-blimp-like-object-sighted-by-geologist/466/1 "2026-01-16T23:23:51Z")

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3:55 p.m. Geologist/salesman John Townsend Sackett is riding in a bus with about a dozen passengers near Guatemala City, Guatemala, when he observes a brilliant greenish-gold object, shaped like the Goodyear blimp. It is later described as being about twice the size of a DC-3. The object is traveling at about 400 mph straight and level in a northwesterly direction at about 6,500 feet. It almost stops in mid-flight then rises vertically about 1,500 feet, hovers for about 2 seconds, then immediately resumes flight at a new altitude. The object is lost to view because of intervening terrain. [Eberhart]

Record Card:

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Report of Investigation [Censored]:

 ![01171953-GuatemalaCityGuatemala-BB-ReportOfInvestigation](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/a56738006ff6d48f08ac5f48833c1314cc41a4da.jpeg)

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Uncensored Report:

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Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 914, p. 189;

 ![01171953-GuatemalaCityGuatemala-Sparks-Case914-p189](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/9403143ffecff58248c9693e0dee3eea467e3006.png)

NICAP, “Blimp-Like Object Sighted by Geologist”;

 ![01171953-GuatemalaCityGuatemala-NICAPWebsite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e287358236f42349d5c6ad231ac66fd8fb2d7f9c.png)

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/530117guatemala_dir.htm)**