Solano County, Calif., April 1952April 1952

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On April 20, 1952, in Solano County, California, near the Suisun Marsh, a civilian dentist reported a bright luminous object. The sighting happened about 0300 hours (3:00 a.m.) from his country home.

The object was described as a clearly defined circle or disk, bluish white and luminous in color. It traveled in a straight line from the northwest horizon to the southwest horizon. The witness saw no aerodynamic features, no exhaust, and heard no sound. He could give no information about how it was propelled.

The speed and altitude were not measured or estimated. The object crossed the sky in about one to two minutes. The witness stated it did not appear to be a meteor. The Office of Special Investigations looked into the report and closed the case. On the Air Force record card, the case was marked Possibly Astronomical.

Reported location

Solano County, Calif., April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
LE TR ( {2. Location fie 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| 20 Apr 52 | Solano County, Calif. 0 Wes Belleon |
| RR rns 10 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIML GRCUP |'% TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~~ = —"|O Posaibly Balloon
: | 4 ’ 3 Wos Aircroft
: Local __.. w FR i Ground: Visual O Ground-Radear E Probably Aircrofy
-— CGvT.. 2. 2d. 24 PR 3 | TARSTT— # a Air Visuvol! O Air-Intercept Rodor 0D Possibly Aircraft ;
$5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 8 "10 Wes Astronomicel
GO Yes dentist 00 Probobly Astronomical
! 8 No ; CX Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ |O Other ..
0 Insufficient Data for Eveluation
1 [24 O Unknown .
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING © | comments SSSA IR
Bluish white color. Circle shape. :
Straight line.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941481