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Case FileNARA NAID 28959050 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Rivera, CaliforniaJuly 1954

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 Rivera, California in July 1954. The full case file (5 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 21.

Reported location

Rivera, California

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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BE | 1. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E 18 July 195 ivera, Californic SELL EU

- gon Rivera, California O Probably Balloon

© | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION et be

wr 58 \ 0O- Was Aircraft

E [ke caliAvntinsleip Siml ale iio, ied 28 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 8 Probably Aircraft

bP GMT 19/0535Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

bE 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE G8 Wis Aehrsnanteal

; 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
i & No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
5 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BECO Ea i
4 O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
E Several Minutes 2 NB 0 Unknown

© 110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

4 vo Scund, Star like objects-climbed steadily Two F-86s in area at szme time,

. snd executed turns. Cne slightly ahead of

4 second object, then side by side. Flew in

- formation.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959050

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