South Fork Meadow, Calif., June 1957June 1957

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Summary

On June 28, 1957, at South Fork Meadow, California, a civilian witness reported seeing large white lights twice the size of stars flying in formation. Between 9:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., four to six objects appeared above surrounding mountains and traveled quite fast toward the southwest before fading from view. The objects were described as nearly perfect squares. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown, with a comment noting the objects were probably aircraft in formation.

Reported location

South Fork Meadow, Calif., June 1957

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
28 June 1957

2. LOCATION
South Fork Meadow, Calif.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 0:15 10:15 PST
GMT 27/0845Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar [unchecked]
Air-Visual [unchecked]
Air-Intercept Radar [unchecked]

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
4 to 6

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not reported

8. COURSE
SW

9. [not visible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Large white lights, twice the size of stars, flying in formation, a nearly perfect square. Objects appeared above the surrounding mountains and traveling quite fast. Objects faded from view.

11. COMMENTS
Probably a/c in formation.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [unchecked]
Probably Balloon [unchecked]
Possibly Balloon [unchecked]
Was Aircraft [unchecked]
Probably Aircraft [unchecked]
Possibly Aircraft [unchecked]
Was Astronomical [unchecked]
Probably Astronomical [unchecked]
Possibly Astronomical [unchecked]
Other [unchecked]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [unchecked]
Unknown [checked]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970380