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Case FileNARA NAID 28963299 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Hermosa Beach, Calif, August 1955August 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Hermosa Beach, Calif, August 1955 in August 1955. The full case file (2 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

Hermosa Beach, Calif, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
29 Aug 55

2. LOCATION
Hermosa Beach, Calif

12. CONCLUSIONS
EXX Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
D Possibly Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 2030/01202

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
E Ground-Visual
D Ground-Radar
D Air-Visual
D Air-Intercept Radar

D Was Aircraft
EE Probably Aircraft
D Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS
D Yes
XED No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

D Was Astronomical
D Probably Astronomical
D Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 - 8 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
4

9. COURSE
stationary

D Other
EE Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Silver with 3 other objs hanging from it - -
very high

11. COMMENTS
Lighted experimental balloon.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963299

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Organizations

27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFE CALIF669TH ACGRON PORUME CALIFAIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSONATIC FORM 329ENT AFE COLORADO SPRINGS COLOUSAF WASHDC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Hermosa BeachHermosa Beach, Calif

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-08-0129 Aug 55

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