Santa Margareta, Calif, June 1955June 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 5, 1955, near Santa Margareta, California, a civilian witness reported observing one round, white object about the size of a head or pin held at arm's length. The object remained stationary and was observed in daylight. The sighting lasted the entire time it was in sight. Two reports arrived from approximately the same location four miles apart, though no definite time was given for the one from Camp San Luis Obispo. Both sightings occurred at almost the same time. The Air Force noted that many balloons are released in Southern California and concluded that both sightings could possibly be explained as balloons.

Reported location

Santa Margareta, 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 June 1955

2. LOCATION
Santa Margareta, Calif

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1804 PST (DAY)
GMT 06/0104Z2

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
□ Ground-Visual
□ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual
□ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
□ No

6. SOURCE
civilain

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Still in sight

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
Stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, White

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data. Might possibly have been a balloon.

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