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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6967517

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONBakersfield California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Bakersfield, California D Was Balloon
9 -13 August 1957 0 Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GHT - AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0x Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
B Mo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
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HO. BRIEF SUM RY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Letter requesting information regard- Persieds meteor shower during
ing sighting ins sighting objects that objects that were believed the period the period of 9 13 August. 13 August.
to de meteors.' to re meteors.'
I
No report No report in file. in file.
ATIC FORM V 26 SEP 52) 726 SEP 52)

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of these bodies given aetronaker that a pcrtion is
given heres given heres
".... ".. majorityof majority of people in their lifetime.
Firebells dirfer differ from frOs ordinary meteors in that they ordinary meteors in that they appear like a appear like a
magnesium flare hurtling through the lover atmosphere. the lover atmosphere. They are
predcminantly predcminantly greenish greenish in color, but often have but often have blue, yellow or
orange orenge tints intermixed. Unlike Unlike meteors which became beeame visible and
burn out at burn out at high high altitudes. fireballs fireballs not burn out in the air in the air
but generally persist persist until they crash to
into emaller Seetions and an 1ng S0..."
incident the - inter-
est ahown i appreciated.
Sincerely,

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FILE CLASS:
OFFICIAL FILE COPY
0OD-ZO COORDINATION
-OFFICE RECORD
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4/5apt Gra_ry/15e/
69216 10-22-57 OT1957
AFOIN-4X2b
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SOBJI Copies to Raplies to *
AFOIN-4X2c to: Secretary of
Headquarters, USAF SAFIS
ATTN: Major Tacker
AFOIN-4X3 Washington 25. D. C.
AFOIN-4X4 1.
AFOIN-4A
garding UFO incidents.
2. Copy of your forwarding lotter also attached.
AFOIN-4B FOR THE COMMANDER
Inels Incls CELWOOD :ELWOOD
AFOIN-AC AFOIN-4C I. Cy itr to Mr I. Cy itr. to Pir I Captain, USAF
2. Gy itr to kr. 2. Cy ise to kr. Assistant Adjutant Assistant Adjutaut
3. Cy lar fr SAFIE
AFOIN-4D AFOIN-4D
File: PIo-SAFIS Fle: PIO-SAFIS
File
AFOIN-4E
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AFOIN-AF 144
CEL13 ARA
PERM
TEMP
OTHERS 90 DAYS
INITIAL
ATIC 7ORM 144 (REV 20 FEH 56) ROUTING AND COORDINATION SHEET AP-WP-O-30 NOV 58 25M

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
T
OFFICE ECRETARY ASoteS
8 October 1957
Dear Captain Elwood:
Inclosed, please find letter from Mr.
regarding unexplained aeriel phenomena in the Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Mr.1 has been advised of
Also inclosed
Bakersfield, California sight: a.n
Flying Object.
These letters are forwarded to your Headquarters for
possible investigation and ation
Sincerely, Sincerely,
2 Inclosures LAWRENCE J. LAWRENCE J. TACKER
1. ltr fr Major, USAP Major, USAF
2. ltr 1tr Executive Orficer Executive Officer
Public Information Division Information Division
Office of Information Cervices Information Eervices
Captain Wallace W. Elwood, USAF
Assistant Adjutant
Air Technical Intelligence Center
ce Base, Ohio