PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7071690

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCastle AFT Merced Calif

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

1. OATE

12. CONCLUS'

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Features except that the bright light

ov glare was emitting from the peri-
phery around the sides of the oval

shaped object, not from the bottom or
top of ohject. First sighting instan-
tanégous; 2nd sighting 15 seconds.

ATIC FORM 329 (RHV 26 SEP 52)

0 Was Balloon
° QO Probobly Bolloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Feskey Sarees
" O Wes Airerafe
_ B’Greund- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador |Q Probobly Aircroft
GUAT 1, Air Vi sual D0 Air-Intercep? Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE © Was Astronomical
0 Probably Astronomical
, O No Civilian &® Military {11 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other__*
5 ‘- aan f Insufficient Data tor Evaluation
on } iv SeECones tw ‘ 0 Unknown
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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