PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786357

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONEncanto La Mesa California

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Encanto 0 Was Ballaon
13 June 1956 La Mesa, California 0 Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
CX Probably Aircraft
GMT. 14/0411 & 0427Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Passibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 0 Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronamical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
3-4 minutes 3-4 minutes one SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I1. COMMENTS I1. COMMENTS
One object oval, size of basketball, basketball, Probable a/c sighting. Probable
color incandesce color incandesc dg / A/C dg/ A/C
above horizon, then faded out.'Either aded out.'Either
circling in area on circling in area or nearby this sight
ing was made near San Dieg destroyer
base.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ 54117
DE RJWPJB 3G
P 142030Z 3E
C
FM COMDR 751 ACWRON MT LAGUNA CALIF 4-fx a
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJWPJB/COMDR.27TH AD DEF NORTON AFB CALIF 4
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO -
RUEPHQ/DI HQD USAF ASH DC
BT
UNCLAS 751 OPS 062PD 1. (A) OVAL (B) BASKETBALL (C) INCANDESCANT (D)
ONE (E) N/A (F) NONE (G) NONE (H) NONE (I) NONE. 2. SOUTHEASTERLY 4
TO 5 MILES (A) INCANDESCENCE (B) 60 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON (C) 60 DEGREES TO 5 MILES (A) INCANDESCENCE (B) 60 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON (C) 60 DEGREES
ABOVE HORIZON (D) SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 5 MILES (E) FADED OUT (F) 3 TO ABOVE HORIZON N (D) SOUTHEASTERLY 4 TO 5 MILES (E) FADED OUT (F) 3 TO
4 MIN. 3. (A) GROUND-VISUAL (B) BINOCULARS (C) N/A. 4. 13 JUN 56, 2011 4 MIN3(A) GROUND-VISUAL (B ( (
PDST AND 2027 PDST (A) 14 JUN 56 0411 AND 0427 (B) NIGHT. (
5. ON SCIMITAR DRIVE IN ENCANTO, CALIF. 32,
, LA MESA, CALIF., OCCUPATION . 7. CLEAR -
(A) CLEAR (B) 260/05, 250/20, 240/30, 230/35, 2
NONE NONE 8. NONE 9. NONE 10. D AIRCRAFT EITHER -
(D) UNLIMITED

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PAGE TWO RJWPJB 3G
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CIRCLING OR NEAR BY. 11. IST LT. ROBERT L. LARROWE, DUTY DIRECTOR,
751ST AC&W SQDN. 12. THE OBJECT WAS SI
SOUTHWEST OF THE POST IN THE VICINITY OI F THE DESTROYER BASE AT SAN N DIEGO
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE OBJECT BEING GA BURNING G AIRCRAFT WAS CHECKED.
NO EMERGENCIES OULD BE UNCOVERED. THE OBJECT WYARLLUFOED TWICE FOR A
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DAURATION OF 3 TO 4 MIN. FIRST SIGHTING WAS AT CC 4845 AT 0411Z. THE
SECOND SIGHTING LAS AT CC 0527 AT 0427Z• THE OBJECT WAS TRAVELING (
VERY SLOW. VERY SLOW 2,000 FEET ALTITUDE.
BT
14/2134Z JUN RJWPJB 14/2134Z JUN RJWPJB -
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