Oro Grande, Calif., March 1959March 1959

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On March 10, 1959, near Oro Grande, California (about 5 miles northwest of Victorville), a civilian woman reported an unusual object in the night sky. The sighting happened around 0925Z (about 9:25 a.m. GMT), at night locally. She had gotten up to give her sick child medicine and was lying in bed watching the stars through her bedroom window when the object appeared.

The witness said the object was very bright and colorless and looked roughly triangular. At arm's length it was about 5 to 6 inches across the base. It seemed to leave a faint trail, which she compared to the after-glow of a cigarette moved quickly through a dark room. The object made no sound and crossed her field of view from east to west in about 3 seconds.

The Air Force investigation noted she was sincere and certain it was not an aircraft. The record card concluded the object sighted was probably a meteor.

Reported location

Oro Grande, Calif., March 1959

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLLISIONS |
0 Vis Balloon
! 10 law &0 Oro Grnde. Calis O Probebly Balloon :
; 1 lish ) ALO GANUEe, LELLL ge oP ily Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION hia Sic ing
a ¥ a y 0 Was Aircraft
Local PION 0°Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
OMT... 009087 : 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0. Was Astronomical. 5 0 |
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
‘TO Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTM CO® OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE A AEC OT UY
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: See 0 Unknown
3 58CsS one Hest :
12. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ObJ roughly triangular in shape, Obg sighted wos probably a meteor.
appecred very bright and colorless, pprox
5 1/2 to 6" across base and about 4 to 5
fn apex to base, /ppeared to emit a treil a
cbout 3 to 10 times longasr than the ob
itcelld which seemed more like the after-
glow of a cigarette moved guickly thru the
aly in a darkened rom: rather than an
actual enitted trail, Trail was waiter in
color though duller in intensity thun the
obj itself. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982446