Over Fresno to Over San Fransico, Calif., May 1958May 1958

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Summary

On May 7, 1958, over Fresno to San Francisco, California, military observers reported three bluish-white triangular objects similar to a star. The objects seemed to be stationary and faded from sight. The observation lasted one hour and thirty minutes. The course was reported as east-northeast. The Air Force noted that everything pointed to the objects being Venus and Arcturus. A note indicated that Arcturus was in the same general position at the time and place, and as understood from the measurements provided by the pilot, the objects could be explained as astronomical phenomena. The evaluation concluded the sighting was astronomical, specifically Venus and Arcturus.

Reported location

Over Fresno to Over San Fransico, Calif., May 1958

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7 May 58

2. LOCATION: Over Fresno to Over San Francisco, Calif.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ____
GMT 08/0150Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1.5 hrs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: three

9. COURSE: ENE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three bluish-white objs, triangular shaped, similar to a star. Seemed to be stationary, faded fm sight.

11. COMMENTS
Everything points to objs being Venus & Arcturus.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical Venus & Arcturus
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

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