Santa Barbara, CaliforniaJune 1955

Unidentified

Summary

In June 1955, a witness near Santa Barbara, California, reported an object in the sky. The source was a civilian.

The object was oblong and silver, about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. It was seen at about 25 degrees in altitude, standing still. The sighting lasted about 10 minutes.

In Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports, this case was marked as a balloon.

Reported location

Santa Barbara, California

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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TTT : 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
@X Wos Balloon

- June 1966 Santa Barba, California O Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP % "4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Belioon
| ¢ O Was Aircraf
| GONE el et iT Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rador a Probably Aircraft
: GMT 22/02412 Juns 1235 0 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly thoi
4 5. PHOTOS : 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
3 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
; g a No Civils O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CI aL POR A SE
3 : 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

- ; 3 O Unknown ;

Ton (10) Minutes One (1) WE SEES RR Ee Ee
] 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cne (1) oblong, silver object the aise of :
a ® 3i3e Of a The object was +
nickel held at arms length was observed to . as a bal. Ang dafinitely established |
| be at a approximately 25 in altitude and at |
300?, standing still. :
; A1SOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) | Es

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962460