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CASE REFERENCE6789751

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONMc Clellan AFB

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A meteor like object of yellowish red Concur with intelligence officers
color passed in front of aircraft at comments, that they were probab] y|
160,000 feet going in East-West direc rockets from nearby firing range,
cion. Another object of same descrip-

tion passed in front of the aircraft

at 8,000 feet and was described as

Similar to afterburner on F-102,

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May 1997 McClellan, AFE Cl Probably Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Local 3 3 B'Ground Vi suol RE SrennacR anor : Probobly Aircroft
GMT O04/1625Z & 10:52 THAir- Vi sual D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
1O'\Ne AF pilot 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OM “Other_Rockets
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
c oo Le O Unknown
2-8 seconds two KE to WwW
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

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AIR INTELLIGENCE IMFORMATION REPORT

AREA REPORT CONCERNS

AGENGY OF ‘ORIGIN: “7 gel ea Te aaa a i ; DATE OF REPORT
to, S52nd ArUe&Con ine
Clean AFB, Califonip 20 Hay 57
SOURCE OF INFORMATION ys i (ae : DATE OF as P "
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koown alireenfS vere in the crea. Tuo USN submarims wers operating
24 the area of the sighting. Crew members speculated the UrGs's may
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