PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785642

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONHuntington California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
27 April 1956 Huntington, California 000 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 28/0510Z 0 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE RX Was Astronomical Venus
Y.s 0 Probably Astronomical
XONo Civilian D PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 1 Other_
x Insufficient Data for Evaluation
J Unknown
thirty minutes one westwardly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One bluish-white object, very small, This object has characterisitics
appeared to be at an altitude of of Venus. Object observed for
5,0oo feet. The object moved west at 30 minutes in same relative posi
erratic speeds. tion in west.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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RBDE258
RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ 14
DE RJWPJB 2E
R 301730Z ZEL ZFD CORRECTED COPY OF MESSAGE
PREVIOL HIARED
FM COMDR 669 ACWRON PORHUE CALIF SUSPECTED DUPLICATE OF MESSAGE
TO RJEDEN/ COMDR ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO PREVIOUSLY RELEASED, CHECK
BEFORE TAKING ACTION.
RJWPJB/COMDR 27 ADIV NORTON AFB CALIF
INFO RJED/ COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CTR WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQTRS USAF WASH 25 D C
BT
UNCLAS 669OPS 133-Y PD UFOR. 1.A.ROUND. B. VERY SMALL. C.BLUE WHITE.
D.ONE E.NONE F. NONE HG. NONE H.NONE I. UNK.2.A. VERY FAST AND
VERY SLOW. B. FIVE THOUSAND FEET. C. WEST. D.MOVED OUT TO THE OCEAN
AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. E. FIVE MILES.F.THIRTY MINUTES. 3. VISUAL. AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. E. FIVE MILES.F.THIRTY MINUTES. 3. VISUAL.
4. A.27APR 56. B.2110PST C.0510Z.D.DARK. 5. A.11755. B. 3346. 4. A.27APR 56. B.2110PST C.0510Z.D.DARK. 5. A.11755. B. 3346.
C.CD0546. D.OVER HUNTINGTON PARK. 6. MR. UP C.CD0546. D.OVER HUNTINGTON PARK. 6. MR. —
, COSTA MESA, AGE 35. 7. A.UNK. B.CLEAR, TEN MILES VIS., CLOUD
BANK AT FIVE THOUSAND FEET. WIND ALOFT 265 DEGREES AT TEN KNOTS. 8.
NONE. 9.NONE. 10. NONE. 11.NONE. 12.NONE.
BT
30/1732Z APR RJWPJB 344
C8 10
NI