Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., March 1955March 1955

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Summary

In March 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. The observer lost sight of it when it drifted out of view.

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 at that time. Winds were toward the east at 30,000 to 50,000 feet.

Reported location

Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., March 1955

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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| | : Yas Balloon
SAL MBven ADOD 1 Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif, |Q3 EBrebably Balieen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION f1% Possibly Balloon
| Tr TRE RR AT MX Ground- Visual t Ground-Radar 2 crf EN
| GMT AR/OBI4Z a Te 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOT 0s HR RE PR et 6. SOURCE SETA TE SRT 05, 0 Was Astronomical
| O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
| Na | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O, BR cobb benim
: | ove back & a hide Data for Evaluation
PAPER eo  - onp 5 Pfovth, no course oo 0  {“
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A round object, size of a quarter | Possibly balloon, Sighting was
| held at arm's length, probably white | in the vicinity of many weather
in color (no distinct color designa- | stations. Regular weather balloor
ted in preliminary report) was obser- releases are made at 0300Z,Winds
ved to drift back and forth. Obes pve at the time of sighting were, :
lost sight of this object after about at 30 to 50 thousand feet to
ten minutes of observation when object the east,
drifted out of sight. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Smpte ey fl he i
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