400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif., July 1956July 1956

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 400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif., July 1956 in July 1956. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as 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 25.

Reported location

400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif., July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 July 1956

2. LOCATION
400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GM 22/12147

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Civ Airline pilot PAA

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2-4 sec

7. [illegible]
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1 object broke into 3 object

9. COURSE
South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object broke into three objects faded in view. Shape - bright light, color green. Speed of obj slow compared to falling star.

11. COMMENTS
Meteor sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966368

Connected across the archive

People

Civ Airline pilot PAA FAN AMERICAN ACFT PILOT

Organizations

4502ND AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON HAMILTON AFB CALIF AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO CCMADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASHINGTON 25 D.C.OAKLAND CALIF CAA PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

3665 NORTH 12917 WEST 400 Mi W of Monterey 400 Mi W of Monterey, Calif FOUR HUNDRED MILES WEST OF MONTEREY CALIF