50 miles SE of Sacramento, Calif, July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 1, 1955, at 7:09 a.m. local time, a silver object was sighted 50 miles southeast of Sacramento, California. The object was observed falling straight down to the ground. It was similar to an aircraft at a distance. One object was reported. The duration of observation was one minute. The brief summary states the object was silver and fell straight down to the ground. The Air Force comments noted it was possibly a weather balloon that reached altitude, burst, and fell.

Reported location

50 miles SE of Sacramento, Calif, July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 Jul 55

2. LOCATION
50 miles SEof Sacramento, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______
GMT 01/1910Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 minute

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
Downward

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Similar to aircraft at a distance. Silver fell straight down to the ground.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly weather balloon which reached alt. burst and fell.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962587