Woodside, CaliforniaAugust 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 Woodside, California in August 1959. The full case file (6 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

Woodside, California

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

CA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

rE : fo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION “| 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 1 Was Balloon
3 Aug 59 Woodside, Califonia 0 Probably Balloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Wests 8B) Ral Son
Ary ; O Was Aircraft
Lose! u PT - es DX Ground- Visual O Ground-Raodar 2a QP robably Aircraft
: ontl3/2015Z2 Aug 57 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
i O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
; -0 No civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CAD Rg pale METI bs
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
hl 0 Unknown
| 5 mins 1 NE - SW
/ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS /
: : Silver or gold obj, looked like jet fightef. Probably a/c
Had stubby swept wings, very little fuselage.

Had straight level path faded out of sight.

Appeared 60' NE; disappeared 60° SW.
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ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984083

Connected across the archive

Places

California Woodside, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-08-01