Turlock, CaliforniaJanuary 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On January 7, 1956, two people saw strange objects over Turlock, California. The Greenwich time was 0715Z on January 8. The observers were civilians, described as students.

They reported two round, blue green objects, each about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. The objects appeared to move up and down. The sighting was made at about a 45 degree angle from the observers.

Fighters were sent to the area. The pilots reported they saw nothing except two very bright stars overhead.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was astronomical, that the sighting was caused by two exceptionally bright stars.

Reported location

Turlock, California

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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+1. oATE AE ~ ]2 Location x : 12. CONCLUSIONS Zi [Ee
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»-4 7 January 1956 Turlock, California 8 Lishadly Salen. Pa [2
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ~~ | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION NRE pdb Alans onl S HERR (i
Cl vee | RiSewndVies 0 Ground-Roder Q Probably Averett |
“1 our 08/0715Z Jan 56 OAirVisuel 0 Air-intercept Rader {0 Possibly Aircraft fie
.. 18 PHOTOS. : ai ¥ JOURCE - ; : ICX Was Astronomical Stars
Ss : O Yes : 3 O Probobly Astronomical
: rE " A | Civilian o Possibly Astronomicel ; J
© 47. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBIECTS 9. COURSE B Op toi
H 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 4
: As 20 ‘ ; 0 Unknown
gi unknown : two (2) up and down |
" Jo. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
"4 Two (2) round blue-green objects, the Concur with the opinion of the
.. | size of baseballs held at arms length, | reporting officer that this sight |
seen for an unknown period of time. ing was generated by two excep- i
.} The objects deemed to go'"up and down" tionally bright stars. ¢
Fighters dispatched to area of sighting, {
- | negative results except pilots reported 3
~~] that there were two exceptionally bright
" | stars overhead, i
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