Concord, CaliforniaAugust 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On August 1, 1958, a civilian and three or four others sighted three or four flying saucers over Concord, California. The sighting time was not reported. A report was called to Hamilton Flight Service Center by Travis TCC. An Air Force message was sent to addressees at 10:00 a.m. on August 1, and the report was delivered to ATIC on August 15, seven days after the sighting, as an Operation Lumbulate TWX. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified due to insufficient data.

Reported location

Concord, California

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 8 August 1958
2. LOCATION: Concord, California
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, Unknown
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
DATE: US/1730Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: not rptd
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: four
9. COURSE: not rptd
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Civilian & three or four others sighted three or four flying saucers over Concord California. Rpt called to Hamilton Flight Service Center by Travis TCC upon receipt of phone call. Cirvis rpt made at 08/2330Z (24 hrs later). AF message sent to addressees at 10/0010Z (another 24 hrs) & delivered to ATIC on Aug 15 (7 days after the sighting) as an Operation Lumbulate TWX.
11. COMMENTS: Insufficient Data.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979289