PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6788356

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONEl Centro California

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS _
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LQ. April 1957 El Centro, California oO Erpbatly ta ead
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ae Ossi y Balicon
212 por a r O Woes Aircraft
Local _LilS PST | xO Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodar O Probably Aircraft
GMT LO72 1132 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar |9 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XE No Civilian 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other =
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ii minutes one Straight up
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, round, size of pinhead, Preparing officer be
color silver, white object appeared to be a balloon,
to be rising and rose out of sight
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1, DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
9) Anri 195° Ty Sey a ig Anita Raw 0 Probably Belloon
= April 1997 ¥. Centro, _! ‘ we Ot Poasibly Balloon
3. DATE-THAE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;
Leal wes XIX Ground- Visual OD Ground-Rodar S eee Sg,
GMT 2 9/02452 D Air Vi sual D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
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No Civ L j ina n (GOC) 0 Possibly Astronomical
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
One round orange object the size of a An ATIC form 164 revealed the
dime at arm's length, Object moved fm information included under ten
the South to the Northwest. Then to the|not already given in the oxginal
West, repeating the movement three TWX. Disaussion w/COMDR NAVAL CONAi
jbimes in fifteen minutes. Object disa- revealed that the El Centro Rango
ppeared each time in the West. (Navy) has ASW type aircraft that
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