Ventura, Calif., June 1959June 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Ventura, Calif., June 1959 in June 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Ventura, Calif., June 1959

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
J : ; 0 Vilas Balloon
£ ] : 1 ventas of . 0 Probably Balloon
£ Er te es EE Ee ee mes ree GP 6 Slip Yi all don
§ 3, DATE-TIiME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i RVoe a pt 0 Was Aircraft
£ locals as aii ie eeu 0 Ground-VYisual Ground-Radar EA
B GME a FSR fe Apes anh ie gill 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
23 ret ee ee ee ee ee ee et es ee ren.
i 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
& O Yes Seka 0 Probably Astronomical
¢ Ee RE ee al bth 1 a O Possibly Astronomical
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EtiGthane ies iil a
Is : FY, Insufficient Dats for Evaluation
i ; : EM i i! = Unknown
4 19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i FTI COMMENTS: f ; 5 Rj
- Letter received fm John Weigle (NICAP) Js ks (6 12.5 Not. ri 1% 1
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (RRY 25 SEP 352)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983426

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-06-01