PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785930

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONPalm Desert California

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
16 May 1956 Palm Desert, California Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 17/0715Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar XPossibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
00 Insuificient Data for Evaluation
two minutes two minutes westerly Unknown
one .
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
One round object, the size of a pea Concur with the opinion of Concur with the opinion of
the reporting officer that officer that
flight heading west. flight heading west. this sighting was possibly
caused by an aircraft. caused by an aircraft.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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1. (A) ROUND (B) PEA (C) YELLOW TIME ONE (E)N/A (FUNK -
(G) NEG (H) NEG (I) UNK. .
2. LEVEL FLIGHT HEADING WEST T (A) UNK (B) 40DEGREE (C) 50DEGREE
(D) LEVEL FL PAT ,1 (F)TWO •
MIN.
3. GROUND VISUAL (B) NEG (C) N/A
417 MAY 56 - 0015 PDST (A)17 NIGHT •
5. DD 3642
5 (A), 5 PALM
OCCUPATION UNKNOWN.
7. UNK (A) CLEAR FEW SCARTERED CLOUDS (B) LIGHT AND VARIABLE
130 DEGREE 9 KNTS, 170 DEGREE
C
PAGE TWO RJWPJB 8G
320 DEGREE 30 1 KNTS, UNK. 15 MILES. (E)
.8 (F)NEG.
8. NEG
9. NEG
10. ONE JET AIRCRAFT BY OBSERVER.
11. THOMAS D. LUCAS, 1/LT, SR. DIR., POSSIBLE LANDING , WING VP
OR TAIL LIGHT OF AIRCRAFT.
12. NEG
BT
17/2043Z MAY RJWPJB

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RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO .
RJWPJB/COMDR 27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF
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