PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6972171

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONSacramento Calif

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

B®). pate | | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
B® ° Avg 55 Sacramento, Calif D Prabebly Balleen
1. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION _ a
Local XW Ground: Vi sual G Ground-Radar 5 Srebdiiy aivevats
0 Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar CK Possibly Aircraft
O Was Astronomicol
O Probably Astronomical
Ne civilian O Possibly Astronomical
. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE =  |O Other es
seconds one $ to SW to overhe A a lalate

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. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1e egg shpaed, flat amber obj, size of a pea
-ld at arms length appeared in the south, wen
ithewest, and the disappeared overhead.

zen thru binoculars.

“IC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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ji. COMMENTS»

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Exhaust or after=burner of jet aircraft
would account for amber color of obj.
Duration of sighting also compared to
time a jet would take to cover distance
indicated. Seen from angle round jet
exnaust gases woud appear egg shaped
and flat. Sighting possibly attributed
to jet exhaust or after-burner.

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| /UNCLASSIFIED/2801D 55M-924. UFOB PD (1) (A) FLAT AND EGG SHAPED PD
1)(B) PEA PD (4) (C) AMBER PD ¢4) €D) ONE PD (1) CE) N/A PD (1) CF)
STRANGE MANEUVERS PD (1) ¢G) SMALL AND STREAK BEHIND PD (1) CH)
NONE PD ¢2) ¢I) NONE PD (2) €A) VISUAL SIGHTING OF OBJECT PD (2) (3)
(ics DFGREES TO THE SOUTHWEST PD (2) (C) 979 DEGREES PD (2) (D) CAME
|UP IN SOUT! CMA WENT TO SOUTHWEST CMA AND MADE 99 DEGREE TURN PD
(€2) CE) CAME STRAIGHT OVERHEAD AND CLIMBED STRAIGHT OUT OF SIGHT PD
(¢2) ¢F) FORTY FIVE SECONDS PD (3) (A) GROUND VISUAL PD ¢3) (3) 6 BY

39 BINOCULARS PD (3) (C) N/A PD (4) CA) 239513 ZULU AUG 55 PD (4) (3B)

“.IS'T PD (5) PJ4935 PD (6) (A) CP cri AGE FORTY CMA

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295 Qs SACRAMENTO CMA CALIFORNIA CMAN CARPERTER PD

(MMA AGE 17 CMA SAME ADDRESS CMA STUDENT PD Qs

MA AGE 34 CMA SAME ADDRESS CMA HOUSEWIFE PD (6) (B) N/A PD )
(7) €A) GOOD PD ¢7) ¢B) 5,990--312/5 PD 12,990--232/5 PD 15, 999--
S0/19 PD 20/99--19@/5 PD 30,900--259/25 PD 49,900--249/29 PD (3) —
iONE PD (9) NONE PD (19) NONE PD (12) DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE CMA '

28TH AIR DIV DEF CMA NO COMMENT PD (12) NONE PD
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