PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070896

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONStockton California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE . 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Civilian Possibly Astronomical

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

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1a, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

One star-shaped object, size of the
head of pin at arm's length. Object
‘ooked like a star, Object was heading
2ast above 9,000 ft, at high rate of
speed. Object was viewed airVisually
or one minute and disappeared by
fading out of sight.

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(UNCLASSIFISD) 230ID___. UFOB PD (1)(a) SHAPE GF A STAR (HOUND

Pp (1)(b) HEAD OF A PIN AT ARM'S LENGTH PD (1)(c) Save AS STAR PD 1 )(a)
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PD ABOVE 9,000 FT PD (2)(c) DIRSCTLY OVER STOCKTON HEADING PAST AT NIGH RATS
OF SPEED PD (2)(d) N/A PD (2)(e) Fabs OUT PD (2)(£) ONE MInuTS PD (3)(a)
AIR=VISUAL PD (3)(b) NOWS PD (3)(c) DC-4 CHA 9,000 FT CHA UNITED AILLDNSS
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