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Case FileNARA NAID 28961530 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

30 M N Of Salton Sea, Cal., March 1955March 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 30 M N Of Salton Sea, Cal., March 1955 in March 1955. The case file consists of a single scanned page held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 22.

Reported location

30 M N Of Salton Sea, Cal., March 1955

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10/73 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                      12. CONCLUSIONS
16 March 1955                      30 M N of Salton Sea, Cal.        Was Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION            Probably Balloon
1630 - 1633 PST                    Ground-Visual                     Possibly Balloon
 GMT 16/1724Z                      XXXXAir-Visual                    Was Aircraft
                                   Air-Intercept Radar               Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                          6. SOURCE                         Possibly Aircraft
Yes                                Military                          Was Astronomical
No                                                                    Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION           8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE   Possibly Astronomical
3 minutes                          one                   south       Other
                                                                      Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING      11. COMMENTS                      Unknown
Circular, silver, steady course,   Could have been balloon but
South.                             listed as insufficient data due
                                   to lack of information.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961530

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Organizations

Military

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

30 M N Of Salton Sea30 M N of Salton Sea, Cal.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

16 March 195519551955-03-01

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