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Case FileNARA NAID 28962158 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

San Gabriel, CaliforniaMay 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 Gabriel, California in May 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

San Gabriel, California

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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oF ; g PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
WX Was Balloon
| | Wey oye 00 | Bas Gabriel, CRoMTORHIS OR  Betiven
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
L Local TE CET XR Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Beabably Adrerals
1 _owP0/0449% i ls 0 Air-Yisual C} Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical :
DO Yes O Probably Astronomical
Kibo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
Lam eee TY COURSE
A 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0, Other ———— — —xo———
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- : 0 Unknown
| 5 minutes one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round/white/faded waway/gaining pefinitely a balloon.
; altitude. .
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
5 PCARRD SR FE NEROIS E Re AE ERA AR ai ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962158

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