DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6965997
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957
REPORTED LOCATIONMontebello California
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1. DATE
2 LOCATION . 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
1 Decembsr 1957 Montebello, California _ pal ates ties peneee
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Bolloon
a hy r) : % GO Was Aireraft
CP Paes 22 {8 2). Eee 0:Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rader GQ Probably Aircrof?
0 Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar |° Possibly Aircroft
O Wes Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
0 Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O Other
| Insufficient Dota for Evalustion
O Unknown j
not given a 2-4 Hast a
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .
Source's children called his attention] Case was handled Paral Public
to six "UFO's" moving slowly westward,| Relations Office (OIS}) of Holly-
Took motion pictures of tho objects, wood decided to conduct inter-
; | Seti te rogations instenad6f qualified AF
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sky; strip of film only shows 2 paired
et : brought in, Since the man is
objects moving back anil for th Slowly, upparently seeking publicity and
in unison, In his report, Source launches /his antagonistic attitude to-
a bitter tirade against tho Air Force | ward the AF, the alleged state-
ee ite AbCrOBGH to UPO! ds: ment by the Chief of the USAE
L.A. Office of info Sass that:
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