PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9079171

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1959

REPORTED LOCATION29Mi Wof Oceanside Calif

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
27 Feb 59 29 Mi W of Oceanside. Calif. xProbably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 PossiblyBalloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 27/1845Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION &. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
10 mins Stationary Unknown
one
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Heart-shaped, white-buff obj, size of dime. Obj at such high alt without apparent
First seen on radar, then visually. Obj forward speed was undoubtedly a weather
estimated to be cer 6o,ooo Feet altitude. balloon.
atic form
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Hq 3d Marine Acft Wg AIRFMFPAC, 27 Feb 59, Subject:
Unidentified Flying Object
DICE 1st Ind 14 MAR 1959
Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force, March Air Force Base, California
TO:
Forwarded for your
1 Incl PERRY FORD
n/c Lt Colonel, USAF
Directorate of Intelligence
III
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HEADQUARTERS
3D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, AIRFMFPAC
MCAS, EL TORO (SANTA ANA), CALIF
20:MFW:paj
27 February 1959
From: Commanding General
To: Commanding General, March Air Force Base, Riverside, California
Subj: U Unidentified Flying Object, report of
Ref: (a) CinCPacFlt Inst. 3820.3 of 12Jun56
Encl: Unidentified Flying Object Report
1. In accordance with reference (a), enclosure (1) is herewith sub- S
mitted.
Bikt
MICHAEL
By direction
Info
Copy to:
CNO
CinCPacF1t
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a. Pilot experience: 12 ye ht hours; 260 flight hours
in F4D aircraft.
b. Initial l sighting of object by radar while on course of 090 at
36,000 feet, speed 250 knots. Object bearing g was twelve (12)miles dis-
tant, 15° starboard, high. Pilot executed a climbing turn to starboard.
At 43,ooo feet the radar broke lock.
c. At 43,ooo feet, the object was sighted visually. It appeared to
be a heart-shaped form resembling 3 an F4D without a nose cone. It was at
an estimated altitude in excess of 60,ooo feet. Color of object was
white-buff. It left no trail nor exhaust features.
d. Pilot executed a climbing turn to
at n radar broke lock.
e. Pilot executed a 360 keeping object in sight visually. Object
appeared d to remain in same relative position without any forward speed,
with the point of "heart-shape" turning in the sane direction of flight
as the F4D. Altitude of object estimated in excess of 75,o00 feet.
f. S I
h. 1 Total time of observation was approximately ten (10) minutes.
3. Captain Henry L. SCHWELL Jr., 060707/7331/6602 USMC.
a. Pilot experience: 7 years: 1300 flight hours.
b. Initial sighting of object was
feet, speed 250 knots, course 100°.
c.
d. Captain D'ANDREA fin the infor-
mation of its location.
e. Object resembled l a pure delta-wing, without any protrusions,
white in color, at an altitude in excess of 60,000 feet.
(1)
ENCLOSURE1)
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9. were:
Altitudes Los Angeles San Diego
Surface Calm 360 5K
6,000 040 5K 340 8K
10,000 360 10K 300 4K
16,000 15K 330 11K
20,000 350 0 1OK
30,000 8K
50,000 ENAM 280 38K
60,000 60,000 2280 280 15K 280 17K 17K
75,000 080 080 21K Not available Not available
Ceiling and visibility - ur
6. F Preliminary analysis by preparing officer (Ass't C/S, G-2): -
a. Object being at such high Object being at such high altitude orward speed orward speed
undoubtedly was a weather balloon.
HE
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(2) ENCLOSURE (1)