PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340532

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONRiverside California

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Ballaon
15 February 1956 Riverside, California 0 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 15/2040Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Xn Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical onomca
Yes a Probably Astronamical Probably Astronamicai
xkNo Military (USN Pilot Pilot) 0 Possibly Astronomical
xkNo
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE 0 Other Other.
000 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
eight minutes one unknown
0., BRIEF OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .
One shaped naped object, brown,with object, brown,with The straight and The straight and level level course
no apparent tails Object Object followed of the object the fact that
a straight level level course. Moved there were there were fi ye known aircraft aircraft
throug fraction of in the area leaving contrails in the area leaving contrails
second . Disappeared bruptly. Pilot ruptly . Pilot leads this hq to the conclusion nclusion
first believe first believed t object to be an biect to be an indicated above.
optical illusion caused by odd
shaped contrails.

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LX-SAPE ANL CCLCA. /L DEG ELEVATICN  DEF F8 EARING C/C DIG
CLAMATICN 45 DEG FEARINS D/PATH STRAIGNT AD LEPEL MOVED
LAKC, 3I S- EEC ARC IN FRACTICH OF SEC APPEARAD INSTATLY
JESHT MIN
A/AIR VISUAL 7NONE C/FSF-SP 134457 42 CN 23D DEG 1.235 IAS
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7. A/3DSZ OVERCAST O PROKEN TOPS OF OFSCURE
FT B/NOT AVAIL C/SODD FT D/7 MILES E/OVERCAST
& F/NCKE
3. CONTRAILS
S. NCNE
L. AFGUT 5 ACFT CONTRAILS IN SIGHT AT GREAT DISTANCE
11 LTGJ USN AT ILLUSION CAUSED
SYMNITAX CAUSED CONTINVED CURIC:ITY. SUDDEN OVEMENT OF SHAZ
TAROUSH O. DEC T ARVEDY
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