Gillespie Fld, San Diego Calif, June 1955June 1955

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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 Gillespie Fld, San Diego Calif, June 1955 in June 1955. The full case file (5 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 23.

Reported location

Gillespie Fld, San Diego Calif, June 1955

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

) ‘ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Was Balloon
a 9 Jun 55 Gillespie 71d, San Diego Calif |O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION HX Possibly Balloon |
‘ : i O Was Aircraft
Local as 8 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
GMT 10/ 00597 (DAY) ii 0] Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
>No civilian 0D Possibly Astronomicol
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D, Other
: ; N 0 | icient Data for Evaluati :
(still in sight) one a) 3 a Mn ata tor Evoluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round. 6-8' in dismeter. At est alt of Balloon.
10,000'. Then 20,00Q'. Obj was just
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
fi: Ns ce ARV RTS te RAAB RS a id ; ‘

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962362

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Gillespie Fld

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-06-01