Elsinore, Calif., May 1959May 1959

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Elsinore, Calif., May 1959 in May 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Elsinore, Calif., May 1959

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1 1. DATE OR REAR Se TE BRKT ON bs ERE CT IE SONG EUBTONS Rn]
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[4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bligciseaioly, Bal oon
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| Loe mOb given | O/Gowd-Vissd DO Ground-Radar 0 Braise
4 GMT. i Seal Blige] 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar iE Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 10 Was Astronomical
1 C Yes lo Probably Astronomical
| ONo nip ; 5 5 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EI Oth 8 pomiiidbe bal Sn clio Seat oo
: 0 lasufficient Data for Evaluation
4 ; : : 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS BT FE
: oink hovering on a -nill vas proceed an 65 vont ad 6) qm ice BAYES
i Nowdeseripaion of obj
4 Bele ana alle
3 ATIC FORM 339 (RIV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983266

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-05-01