Santa Maria, CaliforniaJune 1955

Unidentified

Summary

In June 1955, a witness near Santa Maria, California, reported objects in the sky. The source was a civilian.

The witness saw two oblong, gold objects side by side. Each looked about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. They appeared to move up and down. The sighting lasted about 25 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 Maria, 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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Sarre : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
> : ko Was Balloon :

June 1955 Santa Maria, California O Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION - | ——|8 Possibly Balloon |
| ral & Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar > ralsally Aiverets :
j GMT 27/ COAQ0Z June 1955 0 Air Visual & O Air-Intercept Radar | UJ Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Br
3 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

Z No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oe
(@] Pall Data for Evaluation
GaN 0 Unknown
| Twenty-five (25) Minutes Two (2) © - "Up and down® we
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; : § |
Two (2) oblong, gold objects, side by side, | Identified a 8 balloon,. TR
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] AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) | |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962542