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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971534

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONSouth Bay California

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| 1. DATE. - 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
QO Wes Balloon
9 August 1955 South Bay, California O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | TYPE OF OBSERVATION ———|G_ Possibly Galleon
Local U35 PST K Ground. Vi sual | G Ground-Redar x Dobie divert
GMT 223525 4 Aug 1955 0 Air Vi sual 4 fe Air-intercept Radar G Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS y J = M hi a gt Ai
O Yes F ; ' . robably Astronomical
CRNe Civilian (12 yrs old) O Possibly Autronemies!
| 7, LENGTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other rah ae
; BS iad gel Date for Evaluation
nk no wn
| Thirty-nine (39) Seconds One (1) W to E aha
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ba COMMENTS |
One (1) disc shaped object, the sise of a The age of the observer would limit the!

grapefruit held at arms length, was silver in observer's knowledge of objects which
color and sounded like a jet. The object flew would be readily identifiable to the |
a straight course to the east. The noise trained layman. In all probability
attracted the observer's attangion. — the source saw a conventional aircraft
. | (Probably jet} which reflecting the
suhlight, gave the disc-shaped appear-
ance, The fact that the object sounded
ge | like a jet and the noise of the object | .
| first attracted the observer's attantion,
leads to the above checked conclusion,

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2, WEST TO EAST (A) NOISE (B) 59 27% )C) 85
WUT OF SIGHT (F) 39 SEC

3. €A) GROUND VISUAL (B)NONE (C)N/A

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