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

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., May 1955 in May 1955. The full case file (4 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 23.

Reported location

Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., May 1955

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

; A
| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 0 Was Balloon
y bu CC MWY RPS... | dwenty=lane Palma, Calif, [3 Lrovobly ceeen |
| 3. DATE.TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SRE |
| ! Local i XX Ground- Visual 0) Ground-Radar a Probably Alvcraft |
: cir. Ve/eason D Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 0X Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
FE Sebo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; E bear ib i Wi OU dec A oi pee iG NG Vallee RRL i i Ss i ee
rE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE rR CL RR RT A es OI
; : 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
fF 0 Unknown
I ADDED. SG naments | one... 1% : i j
§ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
I One white object was observed at a Possible aircraft,
I 3 five degree elevation off the horizon, |
& It appeared to hang in the sky and the
Po to disappear to the west. Observer
| estimated that object was round &
oC approximately three feet in diameter.
. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961921

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Twenty-Nine Palms

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-05-01

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