PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6310705

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONPacific Ocean

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. GATE .
! 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 8 Mor 52 (
Pacific Ocann 00 Was Belloon
3. DATE-TINE CROUP Probotly Ballson
1 4. TYPE OF OLSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Lo:al- 1130 0 Ground-Visual D Ground-Roder a Wos Airersht
CT 2130 1 0 Probably Alrcruht
. CAirViseal 0 Air-intercept Redar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE
1 7 Yes Wos Astronomiee!
XNo Airerew D Probably Astronomical
I 3 Possibly AstonomicoMEIEOR
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |9. COURSE
4 Other--
seonds OCO Insofficient Deta for Evaluction
3 Unknown
D. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGNTING 111. COMMENTS
"Puffs of smoke" Possible moteor Crow observed puris of white snoke.
explosion. Thoir a/e vas at 18, 50o'. Sn vas
caln and no surface vessels in aree.
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FRAME 002 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

- per second Yes Z
12. TYPE OF 13. LENGTH OF TIME 14. MANEUVERS
OBSERVATION OBSERVED
VIsAal- aire seconds
15. CONCLUSIONS
Possibie 1 .
Their Ak (~a) '. Sea
- . was
Vesscis
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Possibly Miteon

FRAME 003 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

mada four passes ov
substance which floated over an area of about ten milas in diameter. The crew
stated that the sea was chim and that there were no clouds below the level of
sightinz. crew also declared that they
noticed five flocks , each about 15 gulls, in the area of
the oil alick. .
rerews.
AFPROVED:
F
ARTHUR G. LOVB WILLIAM L. TRAVIS
Captain, USAF Colonel, USAF
Chief, Intelligence
IR Division
INCLS.
DOWNGRADED AT S VEAR INTERVAY *
DECLASSIFIED AFTER IE2 YEALS.
83 DOD DIR 5200.10.
DISTRIBUTION SY ORIGINATOR
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NOTS THIS no INFORMATION C-
31 AW.
IT IRECTOR OF
INTELLIGH
UNCLAS IFIED
15-6529-1 Q

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ALTTTUDE: Unknow
HEADIG: UnknWOn .
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SOURCE: HAT3 CreW .
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ACTION oR comENTs: No invossi gation dits to tin lnpse in report.
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ALTI TUDE: Unknown .
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HEADING: Unknown .
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SOURCE: AF Flight Surgeon .
ACTION oR comENTS: Possibly balloon from Maite Sands. . :
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DESCRIPTIO object the color of silver or
burnished gold. Ovserved to hover until it disappeared
. due to darkness. (embirnto)
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UNCLAS
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