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Case FileNARA NAID 28999950 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

San Mateo, CaliforniaDecember 1962

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 Mateo, California in December 1962. 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 47.

Reported location

San Mateo, California

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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B [oats © + 2. LOCATION i 12. CONCLUSIONS ? |
4 O Wos Balloon
E 6 December 1962 San Mateo, California a) Lipabty Edliosn

"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION pelle tbl Ly

: {BF Jame A re Cte Co ER Nh B*Ground- Visual OD Ground-Radar oy Probobly Aircraft

5 CM 06/16537Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft

RE | PHOTOS REST re : ~ |. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
bi 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical

F TNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

1 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE VX Other_Unreliabls Rpt

8 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation

E: ; O Unknown

3 2 minutes one North /

~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

1 Sighting in morn by 13 yr old boy Duration indicates aircraft

1 of obj about 100 ft in diameter, sighting. Ball of flame indicates

E round smooth or oval shape at alt jet w/afterburner or possible

1 of 100-160 yds exhibiting speeds of meteor; however, sighting at

4 100 mph to 1,000 mph, Direction of dawn & brightness not indicated.

E flight to North, Maneuvers included No mention of how time figured.

9 standing still, straight up, and side4 27 sec hovering not consistent

FE ways, Color was red like a ball of with a/c analysis. Alt of 100 yd

: flame, No sound, Duration was 1/1/2. extremely low. Detail should have
mins coming down (approaching)27 sgcs|ibeen noted during hovering. Sound
J ihyenine & i se¢8 going 87. SKF should have been audible at such
. Be low level, Conflicting data- unrg- :
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