Castle AFB, CaliforniaFebruary 1957

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 Castle AFB, California in February 1957. The full case file (6 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 27.

Reported location

Castle AFB, California

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
; 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
] 0 Was Bolloon
| Les 3 : ERE QO Probably Bolloon
aL 2 Rohynapy JOB7 1 Castle ARR. Colifornia 5 Possibly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Bort i TA Ce I SLA 0 Ground- Visual XKGround-Radar 2 Probably hirer
| GM 2R/05457 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
i: 5. PHOTSS : 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
| O Yes Oo Eiabably Astronomical i
] Militar (=) Possi y Astronomicol {
a ee en Be EE [2 Cob oho A CRESS Prob anamolous |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE F& Other . Eat dl
i DO Insufficient Bove [=> Evaluation i
; ) ; he 0 Unknown H
9 24 seconds nine straight
|. [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS {
d Nine "S' shaped objects seen on Concur with comments of Rpting
1 «round radar, Objects were seen Officer that sighting was prob- | |
; traveling at approximately 6,000 ably caused by atmospheric condi-
MPH for 24 seconds. : ‘tions. : or
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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