Mojave, CaliforniaNovember 1951

Unidentified

Summary

In November 1951, witnesses in Mojave, California reported seeing a circular object about 30 feet in diameter and 8 feet thick. The object appeared in the southeast with a vivid blue-green color and a clear outline. An aura or glow surrounded it. A green unit circled the object and remained horizontal to the ground. The witnesses heard no sound.

The object demonstrated impressive maneuverability. It hovered and accelerated to more than 100 miles per hour. During a series of maneuvers, it came within 12 feet of the witnesses. The object then moved to the north and disappeared behind hills. When the witnesses got back in their vehicle and went over the hill, they found the object hovering in the next valley.

The Air Force initially classified the sighting as "probably balloon," though the case file also notes that a report was made in August 1952 of a sighting in August or November 1951. The file indicates the case was attributed to psychological causes. The case was ultimately marked unidentified by the Air Force, meaning investigators could not determine what the witnesses had seen. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives across 7 pages.

Reported location

Mojave, California

Date of incident

November 1951

State / country

CA / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 3 Ea 2p . 0D Wos Bolloon
¢ N s 14 H ON Vve ‘ey 14 1 Ora
a 2 Nov 51 | HO gave, C Lio 0 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7 J. TRUS Wa.
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Local cmb AD Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Raedar = Re She Sf
03/07007 0 sa rei ose
: gs Lo) PR — pert 0 AirVisuo! 0 Air-Interespt Rodar WEY
; 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomico!
OVYes OU Probobly Astronomicol
XO No Civilians {ve 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 10 Other DSYCHOLOGTG AT
ki 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluetion
1 : 0 ken
lot Reported x Varied NE
] 10. DRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING = |. coumenTs
; Circular chject, 30 ft in diaheter, 8 ft thick Report made in 8 Aug 1952 of sightins
appeardd in SE, Vivid plue green color, oul= | in August or Nov 1951, Case attributed
: line clear, Aura or glow surrounded object. too py schol ogical causes, Report also
nol Rp THE . d a Wiarnd - 1 597 A p Via es ; d aja : i § 2 - -
Da: ¢ green unit circled object and and v1. 78 made of object in Augnstl9hd.
remained horizontal with the ground, No sound,
1 Speeds from hovering to more than 1OOMPH,
Got out of cheep wave at saucer. Chject began
sepies of mencuvers during which time object
cam2 within 12 ft of witnesses. Object moved
to Nf and disappeared bzhind hills, Got back
in cheep went over hill and object was hovering
1 in next velley.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SIP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28940277