Santa Barba, Calif, June 1955June 1955

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Summary

On June 21, 1955, at 2:20 p.m. GMT (10:20 a.m. local time), a civilian in Santa Barbara, California reported an oblong, silver object with no sound. The sun was shining on the object. The object remained stationary and still in sight when reported. One object was observed for 10 minutes. A ground-visual observation was made in clear conditions with good visibility. The source was a civilian. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a confirmed balloon observation.

Reported location

Santa Barba, Calif, June 1955

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 21 June 1955
2. LOCATION: Santa Barba, Calif
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 2202/4Z (D) GMT
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: No
6. SOURCE: civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Oblong, Silver, no sound. Sun was shining on object. Object still in sight when reported.
11. COMMENTS: Confirmed balloon observation.
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [checkbox marked]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962456