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Case FileNARA NAID 28961524 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Avalon, Catalina Isle California, 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 Avalon, Catalina Isle California, 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

Avalon, Catalina Isle California, 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 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 March 1955
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT unknown

2. LOCATION
Avalon, Catalina Isle

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
*X*Ground-Visual     □ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual          □ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
straight down

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical Meteor
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other______________
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round. Changed from orange to red. Very bright. Fell straight down.

11. COMMENTS
Probable meteor.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961524

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