PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7071643

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONChina Lake California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
5 October 1956 China Lake, California 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolinon
Locol_ 2248 PST Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probobly Aircraft
CMTC6 106482 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes or Probably Astronomical
No 0 Possibly.Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSE TION 8. NUMBER OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other..
000 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
about 9 seconds 9 Unknown
seconds N to S N to S
1D.. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. . BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
he submitted report A/C ruled out due to duration. A/C ruled out due to duration.
apparently afte apparenlly - roading Keyhoe's bool Observation most probably meteer
FLYING SAUCERS F M OUTER SPACE. ObSer4 M OUTER SPACE. ObSer sighting although light reflections reflections
ved a row of luminous ved a row of luminous "things" that "things" that on birds is also a possibility.
traveled from N They appeared to Case evaluated as probably meteor Case evaluated as probably meteor
waver like birds in waver like birds in flight. flight. sighting.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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AFOIN-4D Sincerely,
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POBERT E. O'CONNOR
AFOIN-4E Captain, USAF
Z Assistant Adjutant
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INITIAL
ATIC FORM 144 (REV 20 FEB 56) ROUTING AND COORDINATION SHEET AF-WP-O-29 MAR 56 35M

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stories, or about l8 feot, high. My the south
side o the opaning; and, co om the north side.
This left about 135 degrees the north-
south direction. The night was clear; no clouds; and there was no moon. The
stars were very clear. All of a sudden I say the things, a row of luminous
things about as bricht as the brightest. o oxoluding Hara
from my viewpoint, from north to south, covering the distance from limit to limit
in about 8 r 9 seconds of time They were separate
about two of theid diameters center to center betw adjacent ones; and there
were about eight of the objects altogether They travelled practically dus south
and missed the zenith, or overhead point, by about are, passing
to the west of this point.
This is all I have to report, since it includes just about all the
facts involved that I can recall.
Sincerel
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