PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971214

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONDanville Calif

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 Aug 55 Danville, Calif 00 Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 PossiblyBalloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aireraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 02/03272 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astranomical
Ys 000 Probably Astronomical
ExNo civ (GOC) Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other. Other
less than I min less than l min Ckxinsufficient Data for Ckxlnsufficient Data for valuation fuation
1 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Bulbous, ruby color, faded from view, Possible meteor although description is Possible meteor although description is
passed through 40 deg arc in less than vague. Possible a/c. Insufficiant data vague. Possible a/c. Insufficiant data
one min. for evaluation.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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SAFIS-3/Maj Talker/jmd/74966/22 Feb 58
24 February 1958
Dear Mrs
This is to acknovledge your letter postmarked
23 January 1958 concerning an unidentified flying
object sighted by you in August l955.
It is, of course, difficult to properly
investigate or analyze an incident almost three
years old. However, your reported sighting will
be added to our files. be added to our files.
Thank you for your interest in this matter. interest in this matter.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
LAWRENCE J. TACKER LAWRENCS J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Executive Ofricer
Public Information Mivision
Office of Information Services
Mrs
Cleveland 5, Ohio
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Letter
REFERENCEs ((ontrol nnmber, directise, prcioua repur!, cte., as appitcuole)
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1. a. Bulbous 7. a. CAVU
b. Negative b. 10,000 -200 deg at 10 kts
c. Ruby (Redder around the edge and 20,000 - 260 deg at 10 kts
a red orange in the center) 30,000 - 200 dag at 20 kts
d. One 40,000 - 190 deg at 30 kta
e. N/A I 50,000 200 deg at 30 kts
f. Unknown c. Unlimited
g. Unknown d. Unlimited
h. n. Unknown Unknowa 8. 8. None None
1. Unknown Unknown f. None None
2. a. a. Visual sighting at Goc Post Visual sighting at GOc Post 8. 8. None
b. 30 dngrees angular height. Line 30 dmgreea angular heigbt.. Line
of first sight l20 degrees - of first sight l2o degrees - 9. Unknown
c. Line of last sight 80 degrees
d. Negative 10. Unknown
e. e. Faded from viaw
f. f. Less than one minute 11. Direetor of Director of Intelligence, 28th Air Intelligence, 28th Air ATIC 233
Div (Def). No No comment.
3. a. Ground-visual
b. b. 7 x 50 Navy binoeulars 7 x 50 Navy binoculars 12. None None
c. N/A
2
4 a. 03272 Aug 55
b. Drisk
5. CCC Post at Darville, California
Station 13 ALPHA
NODEX
6 and wre.
Danville, California
Colonel, tSA, HOored (0-17204)
d. B/A
APPRCTED:
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Hazilton Ars, California
dlton ArB, Californie
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INTELLIGENCE. USAF.
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