PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9670639

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1948

REPORTED LOCATIONAltoona Pa

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ATIC NO. he - DATE OF HO _24 July 1948
AF HO. a e e an d LOcITION_ Altoona, Pa.
RFTO NO. -
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DATE OF DATE IN TO ATIC -
THMOF FL 1IO 0245 COLOR n
SAPH Esthath
SPEED Meamun
SEMM . Hstint
ALTITUDE -- Iasurel
COUNSE SE LEMGTIHI OF TIME OBSMRVED 8-10 Seconds
NO. IN CHOUP 1 TYMT OF ORSERVATION ground 1
NOURD swishing MANRUVERS aa
Lt SKETCIS UNCLASSIFIED 912
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C A. A. "But when I checked. I
knew that the planet couldn't be
seen in our vicinity at this time of
year." Mr. Robinson said when he
saw the silvery, flashing ball it
looked as if it had "flashing lights,
something like an air liner's fog
Aights."
But both agreed that it couldn't
have been an air liner because
there were none flying through
Yakima at that time. And they
kncw it wasn't a weather balloon
because it was bucking the wind.
plane, said he and his co-pilot. 2J
A. J. Egger, had seen what ap-
neared to be a rocket trail going
very ast along the horizon in ai
southwesterly direction Captain
Feldvary said visibility was excel-
lent. He said his co-pilot was a
Navy veteran and a rocket expert
but had never seen anything sim-
dar to the trail.