Morro Bay, CaliforniaApril 1958

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Morro Bay, California in April 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Morro Bay, California

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

|
3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
1
HEA I | ; 4 Bh g | Was Balloon
! Apr 58 plorro Fated Cell aero XT) ded |a Probably Balloon
Ts EIA Ah RE HIP ERR SE a GRR EA NE LSS AS RRC LOR ERS SE EEE St AME AR SR REE DSIRE ST RAPP RL Se S| (PEP HI Balle
3. DATE-TiME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF ORSERYATION ARs Raia, briieoh
nicht | x EW a AT PRE
Eg d E542 L NH Crot “Visua 0 Ground-Rad { Tas Ircratt 3
oy | EAR he Elo EN A BT STR Sa Vins | RCround- Visual Ground 2. @ Probably Aircroft
NEG el V3 fo : ; fi Possibly Aircraf
cMTILOT Js nm T= alt RR ™ | 2 Air-Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar | i Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE Ee el Ry ee
Q Yes 3 Probably Astronomical
8 No Military [1% Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [Et othap sh ish mans la
(1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: ; ih i 0 Unknown
8 mins one W then E
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; : 11. COMMENTS
nd, silver obj, size of head of pin, {Possibly 3 Apr, No wind info.
i 4 No sound. Observed 70 degrees elev, Possibly Astro (Star), normal
120 degrees azimuth, Moved slowly obj (balloon), or reflection.
West & behind clouds at point of Insufficient info for evaluation.
initial observation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977652

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Places

California Morro Bay, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-04-01