Santa Cruz, CaliforniaSeptember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On September 16, 1955, at 5:03 p.m. local time in Santa Cruz, California, a civilian witness observed six to seven objects with tracer-like appearances that glowed white and red. The objects were seen through field glasses and appeared at intervals over a period of 50 minutes. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as Other: AA Firings. The reported cause was artillery firings from Fort Ord, California.

Reported location

Santa Cruz, California

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
16 Sep 55

2. LOCATION
Santa Cruz, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 17/0340Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
(X) Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
(X) No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
50 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
six to seven

9. COURSE
like tracers

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Objs, having appearance of tracers, glowing white and red, seen thru field glasses, appeared at intervals.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
(X) Other: AA Firings
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Cause of sighting: Artillery firings from Fort Ord, California.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963668