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Case FileNARA NAID 28961644 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

San Jose, CaliforniaMarch 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 Jose, California in March 1955. The full case file (4 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 Jose, California

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS fii
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i 2G My Jf 2 g sp : 0 Probably Balloon
i LL MRE 1RRS Ban Jose, Califorada 18 Gli) Balicon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
4 . ie g 0 Was Aircraft
i FEL Ee SoA BiGround- Visual 0 Ground-Readar 0 Probobly Aircraft
: SRR TA bn en 0 Air-Visuadl 0) Air-Intercept Radar OD Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical Meteor
E 0D Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
3 Gren ls a er Ra NT on bash fX Possibly Astronomical
L 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (EERE 0) 4] 1 ET vi Ea pam Nk poner
4 0 Insufficient Data for Evaeluation :
bi 3 0 Unknown
TERE RR Tn ERG [i «| TSAR SR OAc KUN
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Oblong. Brilliant green. Appeared to Possible meteor.
4 be on fire, Fell from sky toward
E earth, seemed to stop and then made
i an arc.
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961644

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaSan JoseSan Jose, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-03-01

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