DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6387770
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1948
REPORTED LOCATIONSan Francisco Calif
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saw, While in back yard at EEN cre san Francisco,
California, at approximately 2115 hours, on 29 November 1948,
an unidentifiable glowing object passing from tne Jast to tne
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sight behind a fog bank to the North. Investigation failed

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diractly Into these winds. Also made definite turn fron flying due North
to North Northwest. Sishnting time hy 1/l hours after scheduled raleass

tines at Alansda, Sacramento and ‘icClellan AFB. hg
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HEADQUARTERS -
AIR WHAPHER SERVICE
Andrewa Air Force Jase
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In Raply
Refor Tos; AS DSS 1l vay 1919

SUBJECT: Unidertified Flying Obifeots -

TO : Conmandinzg Goneral
Air #utertel Coasand
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paytor, Chio
ATCNs MCLAXO<4

dated 9 Karch 1949, sub 5

dy to letter fron your hoadyuarters, {iCiaXxs,
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indorsesnert thereto by this headquarters, dated 51 March 1949.

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2, The Ineldent sunnmries 174 throuch 2343 “ave beer cheoked
asainat routine woather=Ddalloon ascents mady by the Air Forces, Navy
and Weather Bureau, Conmenta based on this roview area inclosed.

S$. It ds ravoumndiesad that the "Guide To Investigation Of Uni-
dentified Aerial Objeots® be chanred as follows, (tam 13, “Direotion
of Flisht of Cojact,* shovld ba olurified 30 that yartical and hori-

motions ars distinguished if asible, und so thet motion is
fed as ths direction towards whish the object apwars to move.
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‘adar get wead.

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hs is pee... and wears glasses, He was not wearing glasses while u ing
the binoculars, Vision with glasses is 20-20, An atteapt by

vhe writer and Mr Thatcher to trace the course of the bdect wita the aid of a
star map met with negative results. — could not even give an
aoproximate course,

NARRATIVE SumaARY

Mr ae; stucying 708 constellations on the night of 29 Nov

1944 while in his back yard a » can Francisco, Calif., as
1% was an exceptionally clear nizgnat. To further aid nis stucy he was using
a pair of 4X binoculars. At 2115 he sighted a glowing object to the east
heading in a north northwesterly direction. Object did not aopear to be
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tne binoculars until it passed from view to the liorth over a + ge Mie Tog bank
which was lying over Golden Gate Bridge. After the object nad di “epee ed

AEE simi ted nis movements again and stated that the tot: al ¢ @ th
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the cbject was approximately 35 to O° above the horizon. Ye thought the
shject apneared to ba traveling too fast for a oid,
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