PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787342

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONAuburn California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 July 1956 0 Was Balloon
Auburn, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local nGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
21/1300Z robably Aircraft
GMT U Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0
Yes Was Astronomical
0 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronamical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
followed wed 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2-3 minutes one course of river of river Unknown
10. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object shaped like guided Probably light plane. Probably light plane.
missile 7-8 ft long. Emitting
chunks of fire. No sound. Appeared
200 ft above river & followed
course of river. Color of object
green & orange.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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JEDWP H229WPD214 YDD148 XYA264 XDD136AGC233
MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWPAG 27E
M242230Z
FM COMDR SMAMA MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
INFO RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CEN N WPAFB
^44$
RJEPHQ/DIR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25, DC
ZEN/COMDR 8TH I AIR DIV MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF 3-4x29
BT 1f
SMK-5-3-ETITLE: UFOB SMK-5-3-ETITLE: UFOB - -
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT: afoin
(A) SHAPE LIKE GUIDED MISSILE L L 1
(B) SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET LONG B) SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET LONG
(C) ORANGE AND GREEN ORANGE AND GREEN
(D) ONE ONLY. (D) ONE ONLY. 07:27
(E) N/A —
(F) N/A
GEMITTING CHUNCKS OF FIRE
HNO SOUND
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PAGE TWO RJWPAG 27E
(I) 200 FOOT ABOVE THE RIVER −
2. DESCRIPTION OF ECT:
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(A) NEGATIVE
B200 FEET T ABOVE RIVER BASED UPON SIGHT OF RIVER BANK
C TURNED WITH THE COURSE OF THE RIVER
(D) FLEW 200 FEET ABOVE THE NORTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER
FOLLOWING COURSE OF RIVER.
(E) NEGATIVE
(F) TWO TO THREE MINUTES 172113
3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION. (
(A) GROUND VISUAL
(B) NONE -
(C) N/A (C) N/A (
4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: 4.TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: :
(A) 13E0Z 21 JULY (A) 1300Z 21 JULY 1956 1956
(B) SUN UP (B) SUN UP
A
OF THE AMERICAN RIVER, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
6 IDENTIFYING N O OF ALL OBSERVERS.
(A) , BOWMAN, CALIFORNIA
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PAGE THREE RJWPAG 27E
AUBURN, CALII ORNIA
(B) N/A
7. WEATHER AND WIND CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS:
(A) FAIR
B) NEGATIVE
(C) UNLIMITED -
⑦D) GOOD
(
E)NONE
(F) NONE ¸
. NEGATIVE
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9 NEGATIVE
10. NONE 10. NONE (
11. JUSTUS E. WYMAN, INFORMATION OFFICER, SACRAMENTO AIR MATERIEL
( -
AREA, MCCLELLAN AFB, CALIFORNIA. COMMENT: MR. DOC CAMPBELL, EDITOR,
AUBURN JOURNAL, AUBURN, CALIFORNIA, RELAYED THE ABOVE INFORMATION AS
OF THIS DATE. HE GAVE CREDENCE TO STORY BECAUSE MR. , AUBURN
( -
, IS AN CUTSTANDING CITIZEN AND NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF A SIMILAR
SIGHTING IN COLORADO HAD APPE SIGHTING IN COLORADO HAD APPEARED ON WIRE SERVICES A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO ON WIRE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO
REPORTS BY M (
BT
25/1710Z JUL RJWPAG
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