SALONA BEACH, CALIFORNIAJanuary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On January 13, 1955, at 9:43 p.m. local time, a civilian witness at Salona Beach, California reported seeing a light blue light that split into two objects. The sighting lasted 20 seconds. The witness observed the objects using ground-visual observation. One object was oblong with a tail, while the other appeared as a blue and white light. The objects were stationary or nearly so. No sound was heard. The Air Force concluded the sighting involved aircraft, possibly a jet aircraft overhead.

Reported location

SALONA BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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UFOB INDEX CARD

1. DATE: 13 JAN 1955

2. LOCATION: SALONA BEACH, CALIFORNIA

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local _____ GMT___1301152 (DUSK)

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes X No

6. SOURCE: CIVILIAN

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 20 SECONDS

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: ONE

9. COURSE: NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: LIGHT BLUE LIGHT, SPLIT INTO TWO.

11. COMMENTS: POSSIBLY A FLARE.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[X] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other___FOSS. FLARE
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

AISOP Form 5 (13 Oct 54)

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