Madera, Calif., July 1959July 1959

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 Madera, Calif., July 1959 in July 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Madera, Calif., July 1959

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD (
: : :
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Was Balloon
22 Jul 59 Madera, Celif. O Probably Balloon
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION LSE LAS
H 21) . ; OX Was Aircraft
0034 : 2 : i
§ er BE 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 8 BrsHaBIG Kireratt
q CMT__22 /08 7 Jul 59 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
f: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OO ‘Was Astronomical
4 QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 0 No Aas lasng O Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EEO hepa tries Sai Sdn oo
EF O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
h i . Cie), O Unknown
; 3 mins 14 SSE
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS y
/ Rnd, yellow obj, size of a pea. First Obj has the characteristics of an
: sighted at 355° at 20° elev, disappeared at a/c in flight. No info presented that
165° at 30° elev straight & level flight conmilticts w/this analysis.
path, faded fm sight.
]
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) {
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983915

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-07-01