PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340812

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONWinchester California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
8_March 1956 Winchester, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local_ round-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
MX Probably Aircraft
GMT... GMT. 09/0417Z 09/04172 AirVisual Air-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft Possibly Aircroft
5. 5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. SOURCE D Was Astronomnical Was Astrononical
Yos Yes Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomicel
xENo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other..
D 0 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation
three minutes minutes 0 Unknown
one W to E
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round One round object, the size of the Due to the duration of this duration of this
head of a head of a pin held at pin held a arms arms length, sighting (3 mins) sighting (3 mins) the straight straight
white and pink, attracted pink, attracted the observer-s/ line course the observer-s/ line course of the object, and object, and
attention because of a buzzing sound . ouziing sound. the buzzing the buzzing sound sOu this sighting sighting
coming coming from.the obiect from the object. The object he obhiect was in all was in a probabil enerated
flew a straight line course from by an a/c.
west to east and faded in about three
minutes.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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BOUT ARMS LENGTH. (C) WHITE TO PINK (D) 1 (E) N/A CF (G)
NEGATIVE (H) BUZZING SOUND (I) NEGATIVE
2. WEST TO EAST (A) COLOR AND BUZZING SOUND (B) UNKNOWN (C) 30 DEGREES
ELV. UNKNOWN (D) STRAIGHT LINE FRO EAST (F)
3 MINUTES
4. 8 MARCH 2017 (A) 9 MARCH 04172 (B) NIGHT

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5. GEOREF EJCC 5543
S. (A) AGE 33 WINCHESTER, CALIF• UNKNOWN
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10,00D FT. 325 DEG. 15 KNOTS; 16,020 FT. 305 DEG. 29 KNOTS; 28,020 FT.
295 DEG. 30 KNOTS; 30, 009 FT. 300 DEG. 50 KNOTS; 52,20D FT. 270 295 DEG. 30 KNOTS; 30, 000 FT. 300 DEG. 50 KNOTS; 52,20D FT. 270
DEG. 40 KNOTS; 80,020 FT. UNKNOWN N (C) NEGATIVE (C) NEGATIVE UNLIMITED
(E) NEGATIVE (F) NEGATIVE
NEGATIVE
9NEGATIVE
10. UNKNOWN 10. UNKNOWN
11. SENIOR DIRECTOR CREW P-7S IST LT. THOMAS D. LUCAS
12. NEGATIVE
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