PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8714825

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONHamilton AFB California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. 5 0 Was Balloon
12 July 1954 Hamilton, AFR, Califor: Oo Reboot? Balloon
oa) Sears > v 0 ee Sea . \. - Se te SP Ld i .
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Bolloon
: 2°31,5 : O Was Aircraft
Local ye 0 Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rador C1 Probably Aircraft
GMT 13/0049Z {Air Vi auol 0 Air-Intercept Radar GC Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE c& Was Astronomical MALLOR
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
5 Military O Possibly Astronomical
No shaecnipnacian a ntmeds.
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other_ ie
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
1 2 Second A Me nueve red o Unknown
rE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Contfal shape, brilliant white and orange METEOR
ght - like exhaust of jet. Light coming
from back of object. Bright flash when diving
or abrupt change in flight. Mostly in 90 deg
dive angle. Observed at 000 des elev, 180 deg

ee A+. - AS e
aZ, Abrupt disappearance,

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“M COMDR 28TH ADIV (DEF) HAMILTON AFB CALIF

TO JEPHQ/HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 D C

JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO

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JUPMC/COMDR WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF

AI NCL A S/28TH OID 6968. ATTN DIR OF INTELy UFOR. Le €A) CONICAL
2) BASEBALL (C) BRILLIANT WHITE AND ORANGE COLORING- SUCH AS EXHAUST
‘ AFTERBURNER ON JET. (D) ONE CE) N/A CF) NONE (GC) CONICAL EXHAUST
YTICEABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN IN DIVING, OR ABRUPT CHANGE IN FLIGHT

‘E}? NONE (1) LIGHT APPARENTLYp ways COMING FROM BACK POPTION OF

DRJECTs NO BEAM EFF. 2. CA) BRIGHT FLASH WHEN DIVING
SYNYARD-OR ABRUPT CHANGE IN FLIGHT. (3) %9* pEG AZ? 187 DEG ¢C) MINUS
- DEG, AZ: 18@ DEG (D) MOSTLY IN 9@ DEG DIVE ANGLE CE) ABRUPT

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YISAPPEARNCE OF LIGHT (F) ONE TO TWO SECONDS Se (A) AIR VISUAL €3B) NONE
‘C) SIGHTING MADE WHILE ABNs F-86D, 3717, 5,728, 21% DEG, 32% “%,

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DATE €P) NIGHT 5. ROSEVILLE, CALIF (PG-5657) Ge (A) NONE (CB) MILITARY
PILOT) isT eo 325TH FIS 5 HAMILTON AF8, CALIFe LT PELL
Is CONSIDERED TO BE A VERY RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTH INDIVIDUAL. HE HAS
561 FLYING HOURS (276 JET HOURS). HE HAS HAD NO COMBAT TIME. 7. CAD
CLEAR~25 MILES VISIBILITY (B) WINDS AT @508Z 5,960 FT 34% DEG 5 x
2t/GC2 FT AT 19 Kt WINDS AT @900Z5,907 FT AT 3 Ky 20,577 FT AT 27¥.
(C) NONE (D) 15 MILES CE) NONE (F) NONE

S. NONE 9. NONE 1¢.NONE 11. NONE 12. NONE TWO SIGHTINGS WERE YADE BOTH |
BY THE SAME PILOT. FIRST SIGHTING WAS MADE THREE MINUTES EARLIER TEEN
SECOND. THE ONLY CHANGE WAS DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION AND AZ. IN PRELIMINAM
RY ANALYSIS PREPARING OFFICER UNABLE TO DETERMINE POSSISLE CAUSE OF
SIGHTING PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ADDITIONAL INFO WILL BE
FORWARDED IF AVALe

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