Winchester, CaliforniaMarch 1956

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 Winchester, California in March 1956. The full case file (3 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 24.

Reported location

Winchester, California

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 8 March 1956
2. LOCATION: Winchester, California
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkbox] Probably Aircraft

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local ___ GMT 09/0417Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checked] Ground-Visual [unchecked] Ground-Radar [unchecked] Air-Visual [unchecked] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [unchecked] Yes [checked] No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: three minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: W to E
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round object, the size of the head of a pin held at arm's length, white and pink, attracted the observers attention because of a buzzing sound coming from the object. The object flew a straight line course from west to east and faded in about three minutes.
11. COMMENTS: Due to the duration of this sighting (3 mins) the straight line course of the object and the buzzing sound, this sighting was in all probability generated by an a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965107

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People

1ST LT. THOMAS D. LUCAS

Organizations

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Project Blue Book

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