PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787860

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONFontanaand San Bernadino California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Fontana & San Bernadino Was Balloon
251 March 1957 California 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local 2155 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 26/0555Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Meteor
Yos ke Probably Astronomical
QNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0o Other.
Insufficient Data For Evaluation
0. Unknown
l minute? one downward
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENJS
One object meteorlike, size of dime, Question the time observed, said
color reddish with fire shooting out he saw this object probably a.
of rear fire  size of object. Object lot less than one minute.
on a downward course & flamed out.
Had fire shooting out rear.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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27 MAR 57 10 00.25-03;-7-1
XWPH027 WPA214 YDC173 XYD210 C151JBA123(
RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ ate
DE RJWPJB 36B 60124
R 2621502 '
FM COMDR 27TH AIR DIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF.
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATT AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIR RJEPHQ/DIR IGENCE HQS CE HQS USAF USAF WASH DC 3 7
BT BT
/UNCLAS/27OI TAC C-745.UFOB 1.A.METEORLIKE B.DIME C.REDISH /UNCLAS/27OI TAC. C-745.UFOB 1.A.METEORLIKE B.DIME C.REDISH
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B. BETWEEN SAN BERNARDINO AND FONTANA C.BETWEEN SAN BERNARDINO
26/6555 (
GROUND VISUAL B. N/A C. N/A 4. A. WYXPTTTZ ZB. N NIGHT 5. FONTANA
AND SAN BERNARDINO 6. A. CIVILIAN, MR. SHERIFF OF SAN
BERNARDINO, G00D 7. AJM GO0D B. 6,000-200/15; QPNPPPAEPPXWPV
QYNPPPAEQPXEPV WPNPPPAEPPXRPV EPNPPPAEQPXTTV TPNPPPAWOPXTP C.
HIGHT THIN BROKEN CLOUDS D. 6 MILES HK E. 8 N/A 9. N/A 10.
N/A 11. CONTRCLTER ADCC. VERY PROBASLY THIS WAS METEOR.
NO AIRCRAFT 12. N/!-
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26/2158Z MAR RJWPJB