Long Beach and Glennavon, Calif, July 1955July 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 Long Beach and Glennavon, Calif, July 1955 in July 1955. The full case file (4 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

Long Beach and Glennavon, Calif, July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE | " LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
< x . Q Was Balloon |
13 uk 55 Sea = ng Beach a Cidade ’ rg 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balicon
LE i lis sails RB Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar 4 Brabely Riverehs
GMT 14/0432z, 14/0435% 0 Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
J come mee te TE (i
S. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes Q Probobly Astronomical
2 No ivilian, Skogm multiple ») Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ic) RAR
five minutes ropped., ascended a hid Dota for Evaluation
- | three minutes one W & Str up ica
10. BRIE? SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS TE
One round red end white obj size of dime h2ld af Observers saw exhaust of Jet a/c.
avms length, appeared to travel west and straight
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One round, red obj, size of quarter at arms
length, appeared to drop then ascend and head
waste ;
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962799

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Long Beach and Glennavon

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-07-01