Santa Maria, CaliforniaJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 22, 1955, in Santa Maria, California, a civilian reported one large, silver object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was long and had no wings. It moved east at a slow rate of speed. The witness took pictures of it.

The Air Force sent a form to the witness asking for the photo negatives or prints. Officials planned to forward the photos for further study. No final conclusion is recorded on the card.

Reported location

Santa Maria, California

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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| os hig UFOB INDEX [CARD AISS-UFOB-235. 8¢.
| 1. DATE Bs 5 2. LOCATION =~ ? gh 12. CONCLUSIONS | ]
| 22 July 2988 . Senta Maria, Califormia Q Probably Balleen
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| Loest—o | RGuwundVisuel 0 Ground-Reder OQ Probebly Aircraft
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| |S PHOTOS i " : 6 Pa a od
ry Phils JE enn ey | Civilian | O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF ws ee hn " NN oF a 9. COURSE : niin Daa Tor —
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING . th hit 11; COMMENTS Se ET oP
B| | one (1) large, silver object, long with no’ | ATIC Form 16h has been sent So the obs | |
wings was moving east at a slow rate of | server with a request that the negae
] Pictures taken by observer, tives or prints be forwarded to this |
] : | Sn) | hqs. Upon receipt of the above form
: = | endfor the negatives of the sighting,
1 Be i ,| they will be forwarded to ATIC with |
E ~ the 4602@ evaluation, The results of |
Eo | he Bedi the above to be filed on this card. |
9 AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54). i Cri adi on

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962907