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Case FileNARA NAID 28961626 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Soledad, CaliforniaMarch 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Soledad, California in March 1955. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 22.

Reported location

Soledad, California

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
( PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| I. DATE § UOEATION 0 a. OUNCLUMONS
3 CAT adn ve i far jr
l, Soledad, Ca lifornia Bs Bide
29 March 1955 2. Sonoma, California |O Probably Balloon
ASL EL A 2 OUR O—. — eee anal a Ana ee selbst AT [Pg al '
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION RX Possibly Balloon
Lidl B0J0888e. 3. firound- Visual (1) © Ground-Radar 9 ee ati
“3¢ eb Ro B-4 ‘ - . s
cut S0/0335%Z 2 + ARES | 0 Are Yi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : HERE FR) RE SE A eh ay | IRE TP) EAE
0 Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
9: No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
AEVVERRRESERGEEEAT of LL EERIE Rr SHEER, FEE ER A SC TL LL ED DD SC NIL 5 HSA
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RRC ERT LR
| atill in aioht 1, rising a HARE ery Dato for Evaluation
© 8 i DAS adhe nD a nk no wn
CET EE TEER FAR ) 1 TI SSR SER KO TT) rN OTO | Oe OS ATTA A
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1) Round. Red & green flashes, Lights | A flashing red and green light,
flashed on and off, Vertical movement, rising vertically, could indi-
Area searched by 2 ¥-51 a/c, Negative | cate a balloon. It is feasible
results. Local a/c & w had slow moving that ball payload was picked up
blip under obs, which faded, by the radar, then released,
I » ’
2) Round, silvery white, drifting
straight west.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961626

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