DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7340878
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONFolsom Prison California
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
17 March 1956 Folsom_Prison, California 0 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local_ x Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
xRrobobly Aircroft
GMT18/0324Z Air-Visudl Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astrononieal
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
CEPNo Civilian (Prisoners on GOC 0 Possibly Astronomicol
duty
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Cther.
o Insulficient Duta for Evaluation
0 Unknown
fourminutes one see description.
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One wing shaped object, approximately Preliminary report received via
the size of B-29 a/c, C. black in color black in color AF Form 112. o he fact that
wih red and white lights lights emitted a sighting fits criteria for ah criteria for ah
jet like noise. Prisoners thought it thought it aircraft generated sighting this
to be a flying wing. The object came a flying wing object came sighting has been ovaluated has been evaluated as as
from the southeast, aade one orbit over a probable a/c. ondn
Folsom Prison, then headed northwest.
Then after four minutes of observation
(total time the object faded from
sight.
No report