Glennavon, CaliforniaJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 14, 1955, at Glennavon, California, a civilian, a 15-year-old student, reported objects on the same day in several sightings. Each was seen from the ground and lasted a few minutes.

In one sighting the object was round and red and white, about the size of a dime held at arm's length, and appeared to travel west. The same observer said it moved faster than a jet aircraft. In another the object was round and red and appeared to travel east and then west.

The Air Force card lists the conclusion as probably aircraft for these sightings. The comments say the observer possibly saw the exhaust of jet aircraft, and that there was no known balloon activity in the area at the time.

Reported location

Glennavon, California

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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W CERES a Ns UFCB INDEX CARD AISS<TFON-220-55. .
"ty Date 41 2. LOCATION : | 12. CONCLUSIONS
| § : A OQ Was Balloon
2X July 1955 Glemnavon, California O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Th i aii &X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar B lhe tig A
CMT 14/04322 July 1955 O Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar R Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : i SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes a Probably Astronomical
HK No | Civilian (15 yrs old), student |O Possibly Astronomical |
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SI i
| | a bid Dota for Evaluation |
: Tarse (3) Mimites One (1) W & Str. up |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS pe ; |
| One (1), round, rad and white object, the size| In.the opinicn-of-this-hendquarters tha| . |
of a dime held at arms lenght, appearsd to observer posaibly saw the exhaust of
travel west and choi wpe As on AIS3-UFOB~| Jet airora ft. Thara.maa.nob.any knowa ih
218-55, the observer (same one) states that balloon..adtivity~tu-thy-eran-ntethe~ | |
the object traveled faster than jet alroraft. time ofr snting.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) ; : CL

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962806