PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6962848

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONKentfield California

FRAMES3

→ Original microfilm scan (PDF) → Return to index

Machine transcription · mean legibility 68.4/100 · engines: tesseract-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 003tesseract-200dpi

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

19 May 1955

— eee ee

2. LOCATION

Kentfield, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

eee cee we

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon

| 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Local - —— XG round: Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador
GMT 20/0350Z 0D Air Visual “Ths  Air-Intercept Radar
“5. PHOTOS + 6. SOURCE wer Ls . =e:
0 Yes
St Ho Civilian

Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probobly Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical M@toor
Probably Astronomical
FIX Possibly Astronomical

oo ooc ooo

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

10_ seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round, Yellow. Moving very fast.
Heading straight downward,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

2 ee ly = oe 8 eo ee Sl) ee le =

one down.

O , Other

D0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
1/10 Unknown

11. COMMENTS

Possible meteor,

FRAME 002 / 003tesseract-200dpi

ee ae re rarer See en an ee ee

| NEADNI ATI
P. NORMALS
ry 03 a Sia
) WPF111 YDD124 XYA172 XDCHOSKLAGSEKLIM7 5 tr
: LATIN
“M JEDEN JEDVE JEPHO JUPXL z ATS:
= iV
DE JWPKL 450° _ i) AT / iV) i
rail anlef
OiN¢ ‘7 JA h iF
rae 1223: ha “3 uy Lip
PM COMAIRDIVDEF 28 HAMILTON AFB CALIF \ AY
I,
/

TO JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO.
JEDWP/COMDR AITC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO -——

JEPHQ/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH DeC.

JUPKL/COMDR 4692ND AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQ HAMILTON AFB, CALI*F

/UNCLASSIFIED/2S01ID 55M-G12. UFOB. C1)CA) ROUND. (€1)CB)

GRAPEFRUIT. (€1)9¢€C) YELLOW. (€1)¢(D) ONE. C1)0F) NONE. C1)90G) NZA,

(1)CH) NONE. €1)¢1) MOVING VERY FAST. (2)(A) COME INTO VIEW WHILE

OBSERVER WAS SITTING ON BACK PORCH OF HOME. €2)¢5) SOUTHWEST OF HOUSE

(2)(C) N/A. (2)¢D) HEADING STRAIGHT DOWNWARD. (2)(E) WENT ELHIND THEM

HILLS. €2)¢(F) TEN SECONDS.
2593592 MAY 55. (4(B) DUSK. (5) KENTFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

(€3)€A) GROUND“VISUAL. (35)¢0B) NONE. €3)(0)

N/Ae ©4) CA)
GEOREF NH 2558. 122 DEGREES AND 35 MIN WEST, AND 37 DEGREES AND 53 MIN

NORTH. (6)¢A) ns Sphere :°=- ELD, CALIFORNIA,
ad oh OL 43 KTS 19,899 FT

HOUSEWIFE. €7)CA) CAVU. (7)(B) 6,990 FT - 122 DEGREES/95 KTS.

1145 DEGREES/Z5 KTS. 29,009 FT - 233 DEGREES/24 KTS. 34,920 FT -879

DEGREES/S9 KTS. (8) NONE. (9) NONE. (127) NONE. C11) DIRECTOR OF INTELL

-

IGENCE PROBABLY A SHOOTING STAR. (412) NOWE.
Bi

2E/2250Z2 MAY JWPKL

ee

o- S__ee e ee  S S e  - a + * « <> eo.

FRAME 003 / 003tesseract-200dpi

—— 9 art ae

‘ UFCB INDEX CARD |
: . ee
1. DATE 3 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
oO rks ih
x QO Probably Balloon
pga May 3955 | Xentrield, California Bl Possibly Gatioen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
| . !
I a a  Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodar a pesliguty aiverdie |
CMT 20/03502 May 1955 _ 0 Air- Vi sual OD Air-Intercept Radar GO Possibly Aircroft | |
|} 5. PHOTOS 2 ae 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical =
0D Yes 3 Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical |
| ne Civilian |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
| Pan (210) Seconds One (2) Straicht o _ |
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .
Cne (1) round, yellow, object, the sige of The sighted object has all the character~
a2 gracefruit held at arms length, was observed istics of a meteorite. UMB resolved |
to fall straight down southwest of observer. a3 a probable meteorite. No followup

Object was sighted for a period of ten (10) investigation authorized by this |

| seconds, Object disappeared behind nearby organization (4602d AISS). |
hills. |

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) eseeeee ne rman. cms

4 : " ‘ bites a n 2 ; ae aoe,
aia ini eset aa te A al eS By ee oe