PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971810

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONBeaumont California

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4. TYPE OF OBSER

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12. CONCLUSIONS

O Yas Balloon |
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6. SOURCE

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‘7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

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8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

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One

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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. COMMENTS

Possible balloon,

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112. CONCLUSIONS

. oATE Wo Nig | 2. LOCATION
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3. DATETIME CROl a. TyPe Pccnom M Possibly Salloon
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
4 43 year old sohool boy observed a round, Azimuth of sighting indicated in repors
| Silver, objesot, approximataly ths size of lies in dirsotion of air navization
silver collar held at arm's length. He beacon of rotating tyne. Color raported
| observed it for an undisslosed time, after red and whites corresponds te Gavel, -
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vnisa the object seemed to fade away. color of airways beacons. Tha aze of
obsarrer and short duration of sighs ing
preolude any sort of followmip laves-
tigation.
Conclusions: Probably airway beason.

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