Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., June 1955June 1955

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Summary

On June 5, 1955, a civilian at Camp San Luis Obispo, California saw a single object at dusk. The sighting lasted about four to five minutes. The object was seen circling and ascending.

The object was long and silver, about the size of a pea held at arm's length. Its nose appeared larger than its tail.

The Air Force linked this report to another sighting at nearby San Marcos. Officials thought the two separate reports may have shown the same thing. They noted the long shape did not rule out a balloon. With much balloon activity in the area, they judged it highly possible the object was a balloon.

Reported location

Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., June 1955

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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Re ree TIE repeats sear mrs EN PIERS Pi Sep. ETP TBARS Asr ie pas Reh Epper -— pas—
ae UFCB INDEX CARD" |
rT a EF TVR TK TT RE |
pi ai | QO Woes Balloon
| 5 Jae 1955 Camp San Luis Oblapo, Calif, Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION § - eek Aballc
] Local Dusk x Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
RT FR RR RT ee a Probably Aircraft
4 GMT 05/ UnkZ June 1955 Hie 0 Air-Visual QO Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5, PHOTOS - 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Po 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CIPRO) (or) ROR Ct Tt ER
: Bllnsufficient Data for Evaluation
| Tower (4) to Five (5) Minutes| Cre (1) Circling % Ascend” Unknown
| ee eee ee eee eee ee ee ete ee ee eee
> 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. Cne (1) long, silver object, the size of a pea Coupled with the sighting of San Mare
held at arm's length, appearsd as the nose of igh esa it is entirsly that
the object was larger that the tall of azame, the observers of thesd two separate rae |
ports saw the same thing, The fact that
: this object seemed long dnes not exclude
; the possioility of the objsct wing a
talloon, ~With much balloon activity in
3 this area it is highly possible thal |
UFOB was a balloon. fia 2
INSVEEIL) ENT DArrk
1 AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) SS
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