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Case FileNARA NAID 28963109 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

San Diego, Calif, August 1955August 1955

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 San Diego, Calif, August 1955 in August 1955. The full case file (2 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 23.

Reported location

San Diego, Calif, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 Aug 55

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 09/22352
GMT [illegible]

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
39 seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Disc shaped. Silver noise like a jet. Flew level.

2. LOCATION
San Diego, C alif

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
W to E

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly jet a/c.

ATIG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963109

Connected across the archive

Organizations

PROJECT 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

San DiegoSan Diego, C alif

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

09/2235219551955-08-019 Aug 55

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