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CASE REFERENCE6970850

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONRedwood Valley Calif

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
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Jl) March 1959 _ ___.t.. Redwood Valley, Calif, 1 Probably Balloon
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION oe eer
PETE Pe cee 5 NS a MNGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar s Be Kirceaki
omT_12/00427 _ re re + ae Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar kxePo ssibly Aircraft
$. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ; O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
To | Civilian (GOC Observers) O Possibly Astronomical
| LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | §. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gn Gilera.
ro Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
, ‘ QO Unknown
three minutes one southerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One, round, silver, object which The fact that the obj sounded
sounded like a jet but which was the like a jet & the observer's
Bize of a Silver dollar held at descriptions fitting that of
arm's length was observed to be a jet, coupled w/ the fact that
heading in a southerly direction, a B-47 type aircraft was obser-
with "smoke" cmming from it. The obj ved in the area of sighting at
faded from sight after about three approximately the same time Jead
minutes. to the conclusion that this sigh t-
ing was probably the above men-
tiened a/c (B~47).

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“ye A ad . ais ERD 8 |
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Hy wy - 1Lcn ! . ry 5 -
13! ds Ci2o te YeBary ing
vis p to the west, but thinniag
r “OWer". Linccim so that “¥
roc medi -neary * vstie i
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And east All cicuds vere in ernkene
) a2$°3, OO solid overcast any-
wnere within sicat. The cisuds were
Owing TerAl ajonw, suzzestiny faire
¥ st2ONZ ieie-stiream iInfiuence, Vcot
Myie mee Se! ceen the cloud mass-
€s, 2nc under them, visibility was

cloud movement

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suddenly, direct
: 4 va arts
i, Isp ihe
ound, white lighs,
re Be . haa s-dime
3 lengtn It seemed Uxe
a very large, powerful searchlight-
or betier, ilke iull-glare reriec-
tion of oright suniicght from a mire
Tor-smooth, whifte-metal surface. Its
ADbDeAriInce suggested tnat tts ¢ginre

shoud be biindizg—but I don't ree
coli any Dlinding efiect from ft, on
Ly vision.

Dm quite positive if remained ad-
Oiteiy Motioniess for at least 19
Or i5 seconds, pussibiy longer. For
Iii.) looked down to my right-frons,
2 or 3 times, to where two of on

men were Storing gzcods
into a oalnt shed (they were too iar
away *O Rear me oveft their own

1.cKel}: (2) I started, two or three

Warerhceusem

“imes,
iv tight-rear, to call the oshers ou

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each time stopping again to waice

Shve CYS

erourred
+ ie
ferca 12th, 1358 (ir my Memory of

for the office door, 50 feet ta >

osarine all

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YT SAW A FL
one light; (3.) I watched my supe f
Visor start to come out then, relucn
iaside witho.! 4anSWefing me, to an-

oe

Swer a query being put to Aim (rom
otftce persunnei still at work, Dur.
img ali this time f'm certain that

the ilghnt ways co umpietels motionless
Ts i's tilve™ tn a curious

atc Ay
pulsating that made it for ai
70 be diving straiz}

‘hae

sell,

second of two,

tL ine@® 2 Started for the office coor
in Lyi pb Swopped 244.0, as
the light faded and disappeared

As my Vision adjusted to the 2b-

Tieg ise

uUgsat, [saw what se
; se te Med rate)

wane {uselare-what If

migni Sst = Cringe ‘2 4 In *% 2 “ 7
crop” & rOurncest tcse >
fhe forward third of tt; and tarer-
t e -- “ eo. * re *}, .
inM~ cto a shary-vointed ‘aii. There
. .
wers nO wings, tall fins. or otrer
Protriiding pofnts that T ernlq cee
There seemed tn be a blur af fuczt.
Ness Aone th, suggesting «I thoccht)
areat hetghe. T cowid not ceally juces

“3 size, tho I got the tmor-asior it
probacly waz at least as leinre na
the largest aircract.

Wren f Rest spotted tt. tre ai
ena WAS just leaving the leit (west)
tim of the former lighted ¢ireie. a; |

ff was in barelv-perreptinie morion 7

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Seeger. se 2.47 ta?

Nabragilca

'gea conserva-

sa very; it may 22fN nigher)
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vame in from cne hnortn- “nor LALPASS

Passing directly througn the spot

Where I had Arst seen toe light. At
that altitude the bomber was eiesariy
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recognizable as 4 B-47- could “10
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ere ae yy?
Tistacker OF

Giles Od ont iike sore churn:hs
A snrrp contrast to ine fugzy ine
dis -irs re ‘3 a 2 + “TTI ’ SUTUSHE
reflecting trom the B-47 eraused Heele
Tlintsamd ar ArTa€:eS BhOons ite TOUNaad

iteld the members o¢ my “ar vo!
wri Ly . dead *T) iy VY «a rv iar
wheter 9° tor ‘ e i ~
Know, (i ive id ¢z SPW Triencs <
my “sgntings". Y have neves yfisia)-
A Teporcea Chem. I could not -

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afver t: occurred
I hone B 72 &
4 i™Ma ed >sAe Ut Li et ca
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SS WAM £0,000 feet. If earreet. 1

would eat
mules north a tinnath
aii i. cary 1% cou'd kage
Miles hitvh-which woulda &
1008 25 miles north oF

hac no reference

which to mescyre ft

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