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Case FileNARA NAID 28961303 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Pacific Beach, CaliforniaFebruary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Pacific Beach, California in February 1955. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 22.

Reported location

Pacific Beach, California

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE | 2. LOCATION SARA | ES LNT a Se Seon: SRR
; 19 Fapruary 1953 Pacifi ch, Calif | |
i ps EI] ay 2 faeazic Beach, California {0 Wos Balloon
4 N E Probably Balloon
: 2. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION "| 8 Possibly Balloon |
4 pie ~ LV; oO p 0 Was Aircrafr
i Lose 5/0248 2 Fab B8 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodoar 8 Ea Risa
1 GMI sa As Sd od 0 Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar bs Possibly Aircraft |
3 15. PHQTOS 6. SOURCE | 0 Was Astronomical
4 [J Yes | Probably Astronomical
1 8; No Clvilian and Mlitary 0 Possibly Astronomical
ji 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE es Cyl TE BS RE PA
\ - 2 0 Insufficient D for E i
1 Unie nine (9) | 1/A E aha nt Data for Evoluation
3 10 ENTREE RR I GOREN eo ee |
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i line (9) objects in five (5) swosrais fore A Galephone checi with ons membsy of
4 mations were sighted {ram Pacific Desach, tie party concerned with this sighting
E | Cali?, by a party of mixed military and only verified The initial report ard
i civilian parsons, Fach object seamed oval in did nob bring to light Durbhar infore
i shape ard slightly bluish in color, Thers mavlion, Also, a chsck with a looal
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4 mation was "VU" shaped, The objacts wers ab agtroncmieal or mabscrological activity
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