Salinas to King City Calif, January 1951January 1951

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 Salinas to King City Calif, January 1951 in January 1951. 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 8.

Reported location

Salinas to King City Calif, January 1951

Date of incident

January 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION ins (12. CORCEUSIONS Hate hy
0 pe ig
Ea Eo Beas bh King Clby Cad4p 19 Trebedly Raleen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Pessibly Balloon
Loca! _ Not Reported OD Ground-Visual 01 Ground-Radar o re rg HR
RR A RS Rta 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intorcept Radar GO Possibly Aircraft j
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE oe 10 Wes Astronomical
: O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
¢f No Pilot of Naviond 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMDER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ ¥o Other  XNSUFFICILUT DATA
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion
Not Reported Three Not Reported 0 Unknown
Ch ms RS Ee eT
Shape = Rectangal - Flat top. Color - not Insufficient data to evaluate,
iven, Size 1 mile wide -~ Speed not given -
t - not given. Objects became smaller as
4 A/C approached King City, Calif. Disappeared
en A/C was over King City.
me

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28938913

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1951 1951-01-01