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Case FileNARA NAID 28961526 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Catalina Isle, CaliforniaMarch 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Catalina Isle, California in March 1955. The full case file (3 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 22.

Reported location

Catalina Isle, California

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
UFOB INDEX CARD

1. DATE
15 March 1955

2. LOCATION
Catalina Isle, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1572231 2 Mar 55
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[X] Yes
[ ] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
approx 2 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one (1)

9. COURSE
straight down

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One (1) object, approx the size of a nickel held at arm's length, very bright and orange in color, was observed to fall straight down in the vicinity of Catalina Isle.

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
[X] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly astronomical, but due to the brevity of the sighting, no further investigation was deemed worthwhile by this organization (4602d AISB)

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961526

Connected across the archive

Organizations

4602d AISB

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaCatalina IsleCatalina Isle, CACatalina Isle, California

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

15 March 195519551955-03-01