PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6973122

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONOakland Calif

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Sep 55 hakland, Calif Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar x Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. AlnVisual Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE x Was Astronomical meteor
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
XONe civilian Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
60 seconds 1 unk
SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
L.SSI 61
Ball, obj had tail, dark blue, obj blew up 96
tail on fire. Observation
Director Sep
K243.601
Maxwell AFB, Alaban AlTN: Archives Branc Aerospoce Studies Ins
RETURN TO: 1955
Alabam es Branc udies Ins RN TO:
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Atic form 329 (rEv 26 SEp 52)
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-(ID(B) BASKETBALL PD (ID(C) DARK BLUE PD (ID(D) ONE PD (1X(E) N/A
PD (ID(F) BLEN UP PD (1G(G) TAIL ON FIRE PD (1)(H) NONE PD (1)(I)
NONE PD (2)(A) VISUAL SIGHTING OF OBJECT PD (2)(B) UNKNOWN PD (2)(C)
45 DEGREE ANGLE PD (2)(D) BLE UP PD (2)(E) BLEW UP PD (2)(F) SIXTY
SECONDS PD (3)(A) GROUND VISUAL PD (3)(E) NONE PD (3)(C) N/A PD (4)(A)
NIGHT PD (5) OAKLAND 37 DEGREES 48"N 122 DEGREES 2:"J
(G)(A) UR CHA AGE TWENTY FIVE OH i OAKLAND
WNW/94 PD 5, 988 -- 220/04 PD 70,090 -- 230/19 PD 15,009 -- 12./14
PD 20,3 - PD 30,09 -- 16/6 PD 58, --21/11 PD
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60,009 -- 10/11 F PD (8) NONE PD (9) THREE F-EGD'S VECTORED FROM
CAP TO AREA OF SIGHT. SAY NOTHING IN AREA. (IS) NONE PD (II) DIRECTOR
OF INTELLIG STH AIR DIV DEF CNA NO COMMENT PD (12) NONE PD
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