San Jose, Calif, September 1959September 1959

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 Jose, Calif, September 1959 in September 1959. 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 37.

Reported location

San Jose, Calif, September 1959

Date of incident

September 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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4 Rar al PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; |
d 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Was Balloon
27 Sep 59 San Jose, Calif O Probably Belloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
3 5 3 O Was Aircraft Jie
By J A a NC CR IIGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar QO Probably Aircraft |
j omt_28/C ORO0Z: 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
j 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Adtichsaica)
{ O Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 O-No ; orl JPR n : O Possibly Astronomical
Eo x (V1 118
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oJ cy | Rc RO NERS [OR
f 8 (hatiie eo Data for Evaluation] |
Sie a nk nown
] 10-15 secs 10-15 objs East fac
A 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
4 10-15 dull sijver wedge shaped objs were Case considered as insufficient data,
= ‘| observed going fm West to East in a straight | no follow-up info requested. No other
y line. Estimeted 2lt 30-60,000ft. Disappeared | witnesses to this unusal sighting.
; to Bast,. Obwervation fluring the day fm city.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984677

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-09-01