Coronado, CaliforniaJuly 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On the morning of July 22, 1954, a retired Marine Corps major general at Coronado, California, reported hearing a strange object. At about 8:41 a.m. he heard the sound of an object that seemed to move slightly southwest at three to four times the speed of a jet.

The witness did not see the object and could not estimate its altitude. He said the sound seemed to come from above the overcast, which he estimated at 1,500 feet. He reported it because in 25 years of Marine aviation he had not heard a sound like it, and it did not match jets, rockets, or artillery.

He checked the time by telephone and then reported the matter to the duty officer at the naval air station. No similar reports were received. The Air Force record card noted the object was not seen and listed the case as insufficient data.

Reported location

Coronado, California

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 - SE x BR 5 EY Balloon
Eee Coronado, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2 Ais la) alc,
I 0841 ans 0 Was Aircraft
| loca 0 Ground-Yiswed O Ground-Rador QO Probably Aircraft
EC FE 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes Tn i DO Probably Astronomical
: E No Military, Ret General O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE po) {3 ee Ce CR TEN I
I Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Few Seconds ik SW SEL
jo. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 7
| Sound over the overcast{at 1500 Ft). Extreme Object not observed. Report of sound
BE | rate of speed. 3 to 4 times speed of jet. only, Insufficient data. )
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