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Case FileNARA NAID 28958827 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Stockton, CaliforniaJuly 1954

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 Stockton, California in July 1954. The full case file (6 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 21.

Reported location

Stockton, California

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
: ;
‘ ) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ae Er 7 0 Was Balloon
2 July 195.4 Stockton, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EEE fh le
L 0 Was Aircraft
i nT ee Sic OX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar 0 Probobly Aircraft
i GMT </ 21037 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE IX Was Astronomical LT 0R
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
No Military and Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bi Ofhersi tums Smt SE RETR EaT
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
= 0 Unknown {
& { seconds 1 if Fast Copli Aiea ny CE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Brignt light hovering in air, then moved Meteor
rapidly. Slight trail off glaring heat, Speed
oN faster than F-86 passed through 80 deg arc in
( seconds, Disappeared over mountains. |
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 352) : i
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» 2 ; LS “ -
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958827

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