Oakland, Calif, September 1955September 1955

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Summary

On September 1, 1955, in Oakland, California, a civilian observer reported seeing a ball-shaped object with a dark blue color and a tail on fire. The object was observed for 60 seconds. The sighting was an air-visual observation of one object with an unknown course. An investigator noted the report described a meteor with exaggerated length of observation. The Air Force evaluation is not clearly indicated in the available documents.

Reported location

Oakland, Calif, September 1955

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
Sep 55

2. LOCATION
Oakland, Calif

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT ___________

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
□ Ground-Visual □ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual □ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
[illegible]

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
60 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
unk

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Ball, obj had tail, dark blue, obj blew up tail on fire.

[X] Was Astronomical Meteor
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical

□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft

□ Other_____________
□ Insufficient Date for Evaluation
□ Unknown

11. COMMENTS
[illegible] meteor with exaggerated length of observation.

[Handwritten notations and routing stamps visible but partially illegible]

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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