Oakland, CaliforniaApril 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On April 9, 1955, a civilian in Oakland, California reported a strange object in the sky. The sighting happened in the evening, around 8:20 p.m. local time. The witness was driving across the Oakland Bay area when the object was seen.

The object was round and about the size of the planet Venus. It glowed and was slightly green in color. It appeared to fall straight down from the sky. The whole sighting lasted only about three seconds.

The Air Force record card lists the case as possibly astronomical. The card notes it may have been a meteor. The short time of the sighting made a firm identification difficult. No further investigation was authorized.

Reported location

Oakland, California

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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1 Lorie roy : i UFCB INDEX CARD J |
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION oh FE Re
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4 9 Spril 1955 Oskland, California 0 tos Balioen |
4 CBA BT A RE ee, horns ASS 0 Probably Balloon
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 8 Pessibly Balloon |
WT pee Oo Yi 0G Rad 0 Was Aircraft
coca 21Ground Visual round-Radar CT TEE PTA |
; BMT: 09/4 1520 Z Asr 53 i 0 Air-VYisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 19 Possibly Aircraft
4 hr WAR YP FY EE imam RE EE Er WEEE NL eT IA ne I CS i Re da Se —— {
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
| 0 Yes : Rr ouay Astronomical {
; (ZNo Civilian & Possibly Astronomical |
3 7. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |D Orhepmans hain dons TEE
: i Jiadugian Data for Evaluation
| __omeax 3 sevonds cna (1) straight down pia
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING RR

Ora (1), zound, approx ths glze of Planad Vemus Possibly sstronomical, Possibls :

wad 5ligatly presn in color, glowing, wss | mobeor, although the indicabasd time

obgaered to fall from the sky thils tho Coe of sighting may have mada nositirs

ATTY WE ~ - ES Var Rr ht $ od ge. Tat ” .

- vi wes Griving =eross Lhe Osklanmd Say ddenbiflcatlon difficult, lo further |

by Po investizabion authorized,

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Sab
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