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Case FileNARA NAID 28961718 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

San Francisco, CaliforniaApril 1955

Unidentified

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 Francisco, California in April 1955. The full case file (3 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 22.

Reported location

San Francisco, California

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 9 April 1955
2. LOCATION: San Francisco, California
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT: 09/1620Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: [X] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: E to W

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round. Green & blue with slight glow. Straight flight east to west. Slow fall.

11. COMMENTS: Possibly a meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961718

Connected across the archive

Organizations

ATIC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaSan FranciscoSan Francisco, CASan Francisco, California

Agencies

Air Technical Intelligence CenterUnited States Air Force

Dates

09/1620Z19551955-04-019 April 1955

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