Ontario, Calif, June 1955June 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 10, 1955, a civilian housewife in Ontario, California saw a single object in daylight. The sighting lasted about two minutes. The object appeared to be falling.

The object was round and silver with orange markings. It had swept back wings or some type of projection. It turned end over end as it fell. It would fall for a while, then seem to float, then resume its downward course. Binoculars were used. No multi-engine aircraft were in the area, according to the observer.

The Air Force first noted insufficient data for evaluation and said it could possibly have been a payload dropped by a balloon. A later record card resolved the case as possibly a balloon.

Reported location

Ontario, Calif, June 1955

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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Fi SRE io PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. # 3 Ney 0 Was Bolloon
10 Jun 55 Ontario, Calif O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EES Seon | |
A RV ; 0 Was Aircraft |
Local EES a | :8:Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft Aq
52 omT10/21257 led? D Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircealt
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes O Probably Astronomical
& No civ O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD, OIRO colin divin simi :
B Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
2 min. 1 Falling a iii
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round. Silver with orange markings. Swept Insufficient data for evaluation.
back wings. Ob was turning end over end and
| falling. It would fall for a while then Could possibly have heen a payload
float. dropned by balloon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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