Rialto, Calif, August 1955August 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Rialto, Calif, August 1955 in August 1955. The full case file (3 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 23.

Reported location

Rialto, Calif, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 1 Aug 55
2. LOCATION: Rialto, Calif
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for] Astronomical, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local, GMT: 02/05252
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checked] Ground-Visual, [unchecked] Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar
5. SOURCE: civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: up and down

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, yellowish-white, no sound, bobbed up and down.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data. Positional info not included.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963056

Connected across the archive

People

BEVERLY ELLIOTT MONTE D. WRIGHT

Organizations

27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AF3 CALIF 6895TH ACWRON AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AF3 OHIO

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Rialto Rialto, Calif