Ukiah, CaliforniaMay 1955

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 Ukiah, California 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

Ukiah, California

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
(a) Ad si
9 May 1938 Ukiah, California 0 Probably Balloon
HPPA SRORSE bom LEAP lirrd More Se ESURANCE TITS. FEn . AX BL LW Ws. AX. TE ——, :
“3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TRE ke Blialbou
7 SRE SERA RN R:Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a ras, River
1 CMT 10/05307 fe 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5 PHOTOS "6. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical Jupiter
; 0 Yes |S Probably Astronomical
a  Fiviiien O00 Qbsevver 1° "PTT AEIRTEG
, 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [CRE 011 we Gs EA SS Ae
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: Q Unknown
approx © hours one stationary
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 ne object, silver, circular, was Description of sighting was such
bserved to remain almost stationary that observation evaluated as
in he sky at point SW from observer, probable planet, The sighting
iis sighting was characterized by was the result of observers view
: 10 apparent motion and although object| ing planet, Jupiter, which may
vas viewed through binoculars, there have appeared unusually large.
| vere no other details discernible.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961935

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

California Ukiah Ukiah, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-05-01