Riverside, CaliforniaDecember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On December 24, 1955, in Riverside, California, a witness observed one round, red object about the size of a dime heading northeast. The object appeared stationary at first, then sped off at 300 miles per hour. It was estimated to be at 9,000 feet altitude. The observation duration was between five and fifteen minutes. An assembly man for food pack company reported the sighting. The Air Force concluded the case as unidentified due to insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Riverside, California

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
24 Dec 55

2. LOCATION
Riverside, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [blank]
GMT 25/0413Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [checked]
Ground-Radar [unchecked]
Air-Visual [unchecked]
Air-Intercept Radar [unchecked]

5. PHOTOS
Yes [unchecked]
No [checked]

6. SOURCE
[blank]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not positively known, five - fifteen mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
Towards NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round, red obj, size of dime heading NE. Seemed stationary at first and then sped off at 300 mph. Estimated to be at 9,000 feet alt.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [unchecked]
Probably Balloon [unchecked]
Possibly Balloon [unchecked]
Was Aircraft [unchecked]
Probably Aircraft [unchecked]
Possibly Aircraft [unchecked]
Was Astronomical [unchecked]
Probably Astronomical [unchecked]
Possibly Astronomical [unchecked]
Other [unchecked]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checked]
Unknown [unchecked]

11. COMMENTS
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964428