PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6960644

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONCalliente Nevada

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
16 Feb 58 Calliente, Nevada G Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP (4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION CG Possidly Bolleon
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Local & Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rador = Peabably Aireralt
| GMT 1 7/091 247, 0 AR Veer OPS D Air-Intercept Radar CG Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0D Wes Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
70 No Civilian 5 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GO Other
ST Insufticient Data for Evaluation
= . ¥ 0 Unknown
15 mins one South _
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Tl, COMMENTS

Rnd, white objsize of grapefrui®. No [Possible weather balloon. No
sound, No trail. ePleyv, azimuth or wind info

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riven, cannot conclude,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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THIS INFORMATION WAS PASSED TO P-5S FROM SSGT LEONETTE ADFC BAKERS~ 7

FIELD Peed Et (te) NONE. PART 2: / CL) CA) GRAPEFRUIT KO UND. (B)

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TRAIL NORTHWEST NO EXHAUST. €H) N/Ae (1) N/Ae (2) (A)? THE SUN GLARING

OFF THE OBJECT, (B) FOUR TO FIVE MILES HIGH FK23RED,. (C) FOUR TO FIVE
MILES HIGH FH23RED NORTEWEST. (D) STKAIGHT LINE, (EQ) SLOW MOVING.
(FX 4@ MINUTES. (3) CA) GROUND VISUAL. (E) CTELESCOPES,’ (C) N/Ae (4)
CA) @IS*ZULU 17 FEB 1958, (B)/DUSK. (5) FH23 RED NORTHWEST. (6) (A)
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CAST. (D) 4&@ MILES. CE) nen y ieee AT M 0% FEET, BROKEN AT £5,802
FEET. (CF N/Ae (8 )N/Aa (9 N/A kee} N/A. C41) /PASSED TO CAPT JOHN M WHITE

SENIOR DIRECTOR P-5S, RECEIVED FROM KDFC AT BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA.

PASSED TO ADFC FROM A CIVILIAN AT CALENTTE NEVADA. POSSIBLY A WEATHER

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