DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6968299
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1955
REPORTED LOCATIONSt Marboo Mass
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é DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Gn 1955 0 Mp Me ap
¢ O Probably Balloon
ben. Me) acdiititaas -— ES ‘lar boo, sia» — _ GQ Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
LGC. inesan —_—— ®) Ground: Vi sual G Ground-Reder a Probably Aircraft
cut__.08/01502 July 1955 O Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar’ |9 Possibly Aircroft |
5. PHOTOS ¥ 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical ye ue J
0 Yes R Probably Astronomical _..- |
be 5D No Civils . Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
| 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
Twenty (20) Minutes - One (1)  _—>_—s| Stiatto
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING . 111, COMMENT

One (1), round object, with jagzed outer edzes,| Preparing officer suggests moon thru
vaich appeared red, orange, yellow, and blue, | Clouds could have caused sighting. Air
appeared as a bright light. Pilot fron local | Almanac discounts this-=moon was low in
FIS Squadron made repeated passes over location] the oast at time of sighting. Almanac
and though he appeared to pass thru the object | also discloses that at time of sighting
19 noted nothing. Binoculars used by observers,Saturn was at an altitude of 30°, and in

the SW, the area of sighting. Possibliy
the observers saw Saturn thru haze and |.

Clouds. Binoculars could account for the
colors and size. |

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