PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8714607

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONLong Beach California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 July 1954 Long Beach, California 0 Was Balloon
00 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 09/0437Z Air-Visuai Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE .DK Was Astronomical METBOR
Yas Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data far Evaluation
10 seconds SW Unknown
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TD. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Moon size, red-soundless, no trail. Veered Object size of moon, no sound. ,Disagpear-
in arc. Apparently revolving in arc. ing over horizon in i0 seconds I rules out
Observed at Zenith passing overhead and a/c. Cbvious analysis as meteor arc to
disappearing over horizon. High flying jet right at disappearance attributed to
reported naneuvering in area. illusion.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SZP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHDC
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JFOB 0120 PD ELIPTICAL CMA MOON SIZE CMA RED OBJECT SIGHTED CMA
APPARENTLY REVOLVING IN FLIGHT CMA NO TRAIL VISIBLE CMA SOUNDLESS PD i
BAD PASSED OVER OBSERVER WHEN SIGHTED CMA WAS DISAPPEARING TOWARDS
JOUTHEAST HORIZON PD SIGHTED AT ELEVATION 6D DEGREES PD DISAPPEARED
DEHIND TREES CMA AZIMUTH UNKNOWN CMA VEERED IN ARC TO RIGHT PD SIGHTED (
FOR APPROX TEN SECONDS PD GROUND-VISUAL SIGHTING AT 09/0437
FROM LONG BEACH CALIF BYILM AGA 45 AD
AVE CMA LONG BEACH CALIF CMA TELEPHON VILIAN
EMPLOYEE AT NAVAL SHIPYARD CMA TERMINAL ISLAND CMA LONG BEACH PD ~
PROBABLY SINCERE PD WEATHER CLEAR CMA TEN MILES VISIBILITY PD SURFACE
WIND SOUTH SOUTHWEST 3MPH PD W/V AT 6,000 FT 260 DEGREE 13 KNOTS PD (
MIND VELOCITY 10,000 FT CMA 240 DEGREES 9 KNOTS PD AT 16,000 FT 220 MIND VELOCITY Y 10,000 FT CMA 240 DEGREES 9 KNOTS PD AT 16,000 FT 220 (
DEGREES CMA 7 KNOTS PD AT 20,000 FT CMA 170 DEGREES CMA 4 KNOTS AT
30,000 FT 220 DEGREES CMA 8 KNOTS PD CEILING UNLIMITED CMA NO CLOUD 30,000 FT 220 DEGREES CMA 8 KNOTS PD CEILING UNLIMITED CMA NO CLOUD
COVER CMA NO STORMS IN AREA PD MANUEVERS OF JET AIRCRAFT FROM NEARBY
TORO MARINE AIR BASE CARRIED ON THROUGHOUT EVENING POSSIBLE TORO MARINE AIR BASE CARRIED ON THROUGHOUT EVENING POSSIBLE EXPLANA-
TION PD REPORT PREPARED PREPARED D BY OFFICER OF THE DAY P BY OFFICER OF THE DAY P (
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