PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6960613

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONEdwards AFB, Muroc, Calif

FRAMES21

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I UFCB INDEX CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
22 0 Was Balloon
November 195h Edwards AFB, (Muroc), Calif. 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar X Was Aircraft lefead P
0 a Probably Aircrafv
GMT23/0135Z Nov 54 AirVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No 0 Possibly Astronomical
Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Other
000 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation valuation
Unknown
Four (h) Minutes Four (4) Heading of 50 Heading of 50
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four (h), loosely spaced space Lights, which appeared Investigation revealed the objects
to blink at times and were itely brighter tely brighter to be a/cREFVELING to be a/cREFUELING OPERATION
than stars
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AISOP Form 5 at ant come omet.

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great dea ot, time to answer sthe questlons put to min bye the tn
as he was careful ud oplicitrin hds ansverse Theredore the iote 80
received brom source Is constdared to ba ratrante
ELPO SOURCEL DESCRTPLION OE SIGHIANGE
Fe souck tas fustoutade on the cahlcocthe Combrar
Tower at Edvards AFB-CalLe-1t1735 hr-PST-(23/0135z Nov Sh) haW
Iooldng Eastwatchinga jet atrcraft tading.o when-b
about 35 etrom SouRcB!s posttion.
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several blocks awayr yabout the size.ofa mtcdre whan hern. it mns
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TEFSOURCES DESCREPTION OF SRGFEINGE
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(23/o135z Nov SW)- hesdghted foue (h)-object. Like roumd MnLLtgntstn
tormation rith edges Like that oLa bright star Ha grabbedsat-ot.ss
binoculars (7c50) to imakea better- observaaion
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stars had they been-tatdely spaced instead of Ln g fonmaton
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coundIights.intdlose-foration
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3 When fieat obsarvede ther was just hrace or dayltont
with the sun ditsappearing-ta-the baceoc Sourck (Wast). Ar souncg obsarve.
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and the sky ras clear
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(A) 60 TO 70 DEGREES
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(A) TME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
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(5) LOCATION OF OBSERVER (S)
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