San Diego, CaliforniaJune 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On June 9, 1955, a civilian in San Diego, California saw a single object. It was still in sight at the time the report was made. The object drifted to the southwest.

The object was round and silver, estimated to be six to eight feet across, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. It appeared to drift to the southwest.

The Air Force noted that winds aloft at the time were blowing southwest at all altitudes up to 80,000 feet. The description matched a balloon. Officials resolved the case as probably a balloon.

Reported location

San Diego, California

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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0 tam ot  UFOB INDEX CARD | No
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS :
of | | O Woes Bolloon
June 1955 San Diego, California x Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION @ Fossibily Balloon
I ii iis XE Ground- Visual OQ Ground-Radar a Webs Riverels
CMT 10/00502 June 1955 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0O Was Astronomical
| QO Yes | a Probably Astronomical |
© No | Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION © | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PURE 1 py 0 RE TE To |
: : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
report | | O Unknown |
Still in sight at time of One (1) south-west 2
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ; |
"| One (1) round, silver object, estimated to be| Winds aloft at the time of sighting
six to sight (6=8) feet in diameter at an were blowing south-west at all altitudes
altitude of 1,000 feet, was observed to be to 80,000 faet. The description od
"drifting" to the south-west. of the sighting has the characteristics
of a balloon. Resolved bythis hqs |
as probably a balloon |
| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) i i Ae EY ini esas |

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