March AFB, California, January 1953March 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 27, 1953, at about 6:00 p.m., two airmen saw an object about one mile west of March Air Force Base, California. The witnesses were a technical sergeant and a staff sergeant from a supply squadron.

The object was oval shaped and very bright silver. There was only one object, with no trail or exhaust. The witnesses said it appeared larger than a B-29 aircraft seen at a similar distance. No sound was heard.

The object's speed varied from standing still to very fast, said to be greater than any aircraft speed the witnesses had seen. It traveled in an apparent straight course and seemed to wobble from side to side as it moved. A diffused glow appeared only during movement, and the oval shape was clearly seen when the glow was absent.

Weather was clear with unlimited visibility and no cloud cover. The record notes the manner of disappearance sounds like a balloon. The card lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

March AFB, California, January 1953

Date of incident

March 1953

State / country

? / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2, LOCATION
27 Jan 53 27/1800% Mupeh AFR. (41 4 Poymads
3. SOURCE 19. CONCLUSION :
2 Alram INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR ABVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS CE PENT OA wtih
RUS S51 RE LLL Cll Galy a va ltld Ll Ol, JUTANLON Nov aneiuced as LS
iii nannsr or disappearonce, sounds like balloon,
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
not Reverted Silver oval shaped objzct traveled at » speed varyine fron
5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION hovering to very fast. Object travel 2d in n appara strai fit
course aml appeared to wabble fron side to side during move
Ground=V1isu=al mente Object appeared to be size of 1-29 a/c 2
7. COURSE
Varied :
3. PHOTOS
0 Yes
XH Mo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes :
x9 No
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this farm may be used.

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