Twenty-Nine Palms, CaliforniaMarch 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On March 18, 1955, at Twenty-Nine Palms, California, a civilian reported a round object. It was about the size of a quarter held at arm's length and probably white in color, though no exact color was given. The object was watched for about ten minutes.

The object drifted back and forth, then drifted out of sight.

The Air Force said the object was possibly a balloon. The sighting was near many weather stations, and regular weather balloon releases were made in the area. Winds at the time were toward the east at 30,000 to 50,000 feet. No further action was taken.

Reported location

Twenty-Nine Palms, California

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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b A cl ge REE RETR BERR SR EA UC RR SS i i A OE GLA ESSA
| i 4 ' ( { 2. LOCATION ( 2. CONCLUSIONS |
| er "io ARTE TR p 0 Wes Ball
| ay on 1955 | Toanby=iiine Palms, California 2 Probably Balloon |
| a | OF OBSERVATION Sporn a) Ale |
y bg 5 0 Wos Aircroft
Local _ [(#Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar = /
; EI TPG Amma Probably Aircraft |
| oq 18/0335 yA ar 55 fa] 0 Air- Vi sual (w] Air-Intercept Radar a Possibly Aircraft
| COE. RR CTO | 1 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
DO Yes . 0 Probably Astronomical
| # no Civillan DO Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBEROF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ |O Other | |
| moved Dack and 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluation
| apr rox L0umimbes ons (1) forthy no course|C Unknown
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING CRS RRR | | 7 YYTTY TY A Ee
A eourd dojsct, the size of a marter held at| Possibly balloon, This sighting was i: i
meat a length, probsbly white in color (ro tha vieilmdty of many weather shabiors.
: cidgtinct color designated in prelinminacy Regular weather balloon ralewassa cos
rapory) was coserved to drift back and forth, | mads ab 0300 Z, Vinds, ab the Sime of
| Observer lost siznd of this object after sbouy sighting wears, ab 30 to 50 thousand feb,
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