B-17 a/c over Southern Calif., July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 12, 1955, over Southern California, military and civilian witnesses reported one object for about seven minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground, including from an aircraft.

The object was a single bright red ball of fire with a luminous trail. It looked about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. The object exploded in a cloud of smoke.

The Air Force comments say this sighting and a related report appear to be the same event, seen by two parties some distance apart. Because of that distance, the card concludes the object was probably astronomical.

Reported location

B-17 a/c over Southern Calif., July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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eo oy UFOB INDEX CARD A193 i170B-208.65 . |
1 oA goa 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
/ ) O Wos Balloon
AR July 1965 | Bel? a/s over Southern Calife |G Probably Balloon
Age Lobo Possibly Balloon
LY i cis N Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar (IGETP robably Aircraft
GMT 12/03572 July 1955 3 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar *0 Possibly Aircraft |
TB PIPTOR: Ce Es BOURGES aCe Astronomical {» cr a)’ {
0 Yes f robably Astronomical SCRA 5
. Z No | Mi14s and Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE WO iilinibiiins sin mi isons |
| | E Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
O Urknown
Seven {7) Minutes One (1) NES TR
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : |
Flight 1=C chacked ths tims of signting |
Cne (1) bright red object with a luminous and duration of sighting, which diffsrad]
trail, appearsd as a ball of firs. The objec} from the original times on tha UFO3 repoybe
appsarsd to be as largs as a nickel held at From the time of sighting and the Shit ethe
arms langth, The object exploded in a cloud | tion of tha sighting it appears that this
| of smoke. UFOB and AISS-UF0B-210-55 ars ors in +the|
same sighting, Flight path was approx
the same. The fast that this objest was|
seen by two parties at the distance apar
they wers indicates an astronomical UFOB
BEvaluatad by this hqs as Probably Astro.|
A Prion |
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