PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969597

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONPhiladelphia Pa

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
12K Jul 55 Philadelphia, Pa 0 Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircroft
GMT. Air-Visuai Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE x Was Astronomicaleteprs
Ys 000 Probobly Astronomical
No civilian civilian Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS BJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other
from five to 15 seconds 000 Insufficiant Data for Evaluation Insufficiant Data for valuation
a period of 20 mins Unknown
over over a period of 20 mins five five See description
T0. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Five, orange(husband) or yellow(wife) objs Five, orange(hushand) or yellow(wife) objs The The sources' descriptions of the objs sources' descriptions of the objs
lappeared & intervals over the observers' house. appeared & intervals over the observers' house. fit fit that of a meteor shower. A neighbor
The first two objs seemed to travel north and who aslo was an observer refused to get who aslo was an observer refused to get
north-west after appearing in the east. The excited over the sightingbecause he dis-
third obj appeared in the north traveling South missed the sighting as "shooting stars".
and the remaining two were observed in the east, In the opinion of this hos sighting is
traveling east. No visual aids used. The attributed to a meteor shower.
pbserver positive that the objs were not a/c.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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