Rialto, CaliforniaAugust 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On August 2, 1955, in Rialto, California, a civilian reported one round, yellowish-white object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. It appeared to bob up and down over a period of about ten minutes.

The Air Force noted the description matched a balloon. Officials said the duration and behavior supported that conclusion and marked the case as possibly a balloon.

Reported location

Rialto, California

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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a Sng EU UFOB INDEX CARD
| 1. DATE "A 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Wos Balloon :
2 Al 1 0 Probably Balloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Possibly Bellon
) a irceaf
ET RRR EI EN SERNA RA AY g Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
omt___02/05292 Aug 55 0 AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5S. PHRTOS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes 5 O Probably Astronomical
| Ne. : cdvild O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PRL PE ERR
i O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
N40 i GO Unknown
| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 4 n. COMMENTS
. | One (1), round, yellowishewhite object, the The description of the object is tha
3 size of a nickel at arms length, was seen to of a balloon, The duration and
1 be bobbing up and down for a period of tem °
characteristics substantiate the
ieee 1 above condlusion, |
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