PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786790

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONYuma Arizona

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
13 February_1957 Yuma, Arixona 000 Probably Balloon
.3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local1920 XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 14/0220Z AinVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Sirius
Yes oK Probably Astronomical
xNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
hours one variable
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, size, head of pin. Color Concur with prep officer. Check
red to green to wurte. Object barely white. Object barely with astro charts shows bright wichastrocaar brigat
moving. No tail. No exhaust. Was first moving. No tail. No exhaust. Was first star Sirius in general position star Sirius in gener osition
attacked by long line of lights observer line of lights observep reported. reported.
said pieses fell off.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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COLOR, (G) EXHAUST, ARELY MOV- .
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2. (A) LONG LINE OF LIGHTS, PIECES FELL OFF (B) 0S0 DEGREES TO 270
DEGREES, C)030 FADED
OUT, (F)S MINUTE ODserved C
3. (A) GROUND-VISUAL, S OCULARS, (C) N/A
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15 FED
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6(ACIVI VER AGE 16 RELIABILITY
UNKNOWN, BSERVER AGE 16 RELIABIL LTTY
OBSERVER AGE 42 UNKNOWN
80,000FT N/A (C
8NONE 7
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10 ONE B-57 AF 5425 ON LOCAL KLIGHT
11. 1/LT. SCHMARTZ, R. BELIEVES OBJECT TO BE STAR SIRIUS
12. NONE Siaus A3
BT
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