DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6971833
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1955
REPORTED LOCATIONBakersfield California
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5. PHOTOS 0 Was Astronomical Jupiter
DYes 0 Probably Astronomical
x110 UtxPossibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
approx 15 mins 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
still in sight stationary 0 Unknown
one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS TI. COMMENTS
One bright One I bright light, approx light, approx the size At time of sighting, planet
of a dime held at arm's m's longth, with longth, with Jupiter was high in southwestern
no sound, no sound, "like a star" like a star" sky. Moon wa sky. Moon as full & rather & rather low
was observed t was observed to omain motionless otionless in sky a in sky a sighting. ighting.
in the sky by housewife Sighting Suggests t Suggests tha ighting was ighting was
was made through a was made through a screen. creen. caused by planet caused by Jupiter since Jupiter
it is the direction of the on of the
reported and brightest brightest
in that area.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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L.ATIA
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ATIC-N 4ATIH
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WPA179 YDD140 XYD213 XDE1S4J6A102
A JEDEN JEDUP JEPHQ JUPJB
JVPJB 5F (
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COHDR 75BTH ACIRON DORON CALIF
JEDEN/COIDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO
JEDNP/CONOR ATIC VRIGHT PATTERSON AFS ONIO
JEPHO/CONDR DIR OF INTELL HDQ USAF VASH DC HDX DIR OF INTGLC HD4 USaF JASh DC
JUPJB/COMDR ETTH ADD NORTON AFB CALIF JIPJB/COMDR 27TH ADD NORTON AFB CALIF
/UNCLAS:IFIED/75DTH OPR DO22 PD ATTN UFOS UNCLAS:IFIED/7DJTH OPR DO28 PD ATTN UFOS
7.
A BRIGHT LIGHT A BRIGHT LIGHT A CLEAR A CLEAR
A SIZE OF A DIME WINDS NORTH IOK (SURFACE)
C WHITE NO CEILING NO STORMS
D ONE
ENA C NONE
FNA D UNLIMITED
GIA E NONE
N NO SOUND F NONE
I BLINKING LIKE A STAR
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AGE TJO JWPJB 3F
WAS SEON OUT OF NER WINDON A NONE
SHICH
C HIGA
D STILL IN VIEW
7 NOT HOVING 9. NEGATIVG
OSSEIVED 15 MIN DEFORE CALLING IN
3. 1Z- NEGATIVE
A GROUND VISUAL
NONE
CNA C N/A
- 11. NEGATIVE
A 0725307 A 0725377 05302 95302
Tapil Tafil
S NIGHT NIGHT
5. AF 5. AF 5922 5922 12.
3 3
SAKERSFIELD, CALIF
AGE 49
ROUSSWIFE
UN/A
ro0: LINE NR 15 PAGE 5L9 TWO ITEM 12• SHOULD READ NEGATIVE RPT NEGATIVE
7/17DSZ APR JWPJB
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UFOB INDEX CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
April 1955 Pakersfiald, California D Was Bolloon
000 Prol ably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 7/053 Z Apr55 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was AstronomicolUP/TER
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No SC Possibly Astranomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
T C 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
approx 15 nimutes one (1) stationary Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
On1)bright light, approximately light, approximately the size As tone of sighting the planet Jupiter As tone of sighting the planet Jupiter
of a dime heldet of a dime haldat arn's length, with no sound, arn's length, with no sound, was high in the southwestern skg. was high in the southwestern sky. Mood
and blindng and blinldng "lika a star" was observed to was full and rather low in the skg at
remaln motionless in the sky by a honsewife, remain motionlesa in the sky by a honsewife, the tine of sighting. This suggests
Sighting was ma ough a wir ongh a wire , screen. screen. that sighting that sighting wa3 caused b wa3 caused by the planet
Jupitar since it is the brightest
celestial body in the direction of the celestial body in the direction of the
reported sighting at tbe sightiog at the tine of the
observation.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)