PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6963406

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONHawthorn California

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