PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9670115

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1948

REPORTED LOCATIONBakersfield Calif

FRAMES11

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a. airoraft:
311,22,41,
126, 131, 138, 5, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160,161, 163,
200, 201 .217, 222 235, 237. 239.
b. falling bodies:
106 107
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111, 122, 135, 151, 152, 154, 152,
168, 172, 176, 183, 186, 193, 207, 215, 223, 224, 225, 225,
227, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 134.

FRAME 004 / 011paddle-gpu-200dpi

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Incident ers 1948
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incident #106.
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9. Distance of objoct from obs miles
10. T Timo in sight N/S
11. Altitude 1000 feet
12. Speod N/S
13. Diroction of flight Due north kersfield
il. Taatics Zig-saging
15. Sourd N/S
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20. Apparent construction N/S .
Exhaust trails Conaiderable black smok feet
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22. Woathor conditions H/s
23. Effoet on clouds N/S
21. Skotches or photographs None
25 Manner of disappoarance x/s
26 Romarks ae 3 noident 106

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rO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, Chio
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dated 25 Maroh 1948.
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VAN DIROONORAHCOE AONTDAFEGONCS
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consumed in smoke. Cbservations vera made in Bakersfield of object to
the south and southwest aporoxima
around 1600 hours on 5 ch 1948.
atated that he observed
March 1948, due north of Bakersfield, aoproximately
five miles distance. The object wa3
somewhat larger than a small airolane, appeared remain statie for
approximately thirty seconds, then split and continued to burn; each
flami which apoear small
airplane Orange consider-
5,000 fee ximately due
north of ximately 0830
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A DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTERVAL
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
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was noted.
A-2 COMMENT:
is the opinion of this headquarters aotivity could be
attributed to marksr flares.
obtained, will be forwarded this headquarters from the Sheriff's
Office, Bakersfield, California. .
EVALUATION
of Source Of Information
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DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED
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