PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9079561

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1959

REPORTED LOCATION30Miof Oceanside Calif

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
12 Mr 59 30U3 S of Oceanside 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION 0 PossiblyBalloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
a Probobly Aircraft
GMT. 13/0738z AirVi sual Air-Intercept Radar 0 PossiblyAircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
O No 0 PossiblyAstronomical
Mlitan
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
O sece one South
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, blue-green obj, sise of half-dollan Round, blue-green obj, sise of half-dollaw Obj was probably a mateor sighted Obj was probably a mateor sighted
looked like F4d exhaust, but traveling much looked like Fhd exhaust, but traveling much In a grent In n grent distance. the characteris- distance. the chardcteris-
fester. fester. tics s as reported are typical of as reported ere typical of a metedr metedr
thit passes into & out of carth upper thit passes into & out of caurth upper
atmosphere.
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1 ATIC
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TIME NO.71222
FM COMDR 75IST ACWRON MT LAGUNA AFS CALIF Date 00
TO RJWFAL/CONDR ADC ENT AFP COLO By:
RJWZJB/COMDR 27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECI CH INTELL CEN WRIGHT DAYTON OHIO
RJEZHQ/HQ US. FO SERV
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INTELL HQ USAF WASH DC
BT
UNCLAS 751OPS 281-C PD UFO REPORT IAW AFR DTD 5 FER 58.
A.
1 ROUND
2 HALF DOLLAR 2 HALF DOLLAR
3 BLUE-GREEN (
4 ONE
5 NONE (
6 APPEARED BRIGHTER LIGHT THAN ANY ARICRAFT
7 LOOKED LIKE F4D EXHAUST A MUCH GREATER SPEED
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1 LICHT ON GLASS
2 CROSSING TO STARBOARD HIGH
3 SOUTH
4 HEADING 1S ON STRAIGHT COURSE .. ..
5 PASSED OUT OF RANGE
TWO SECONDS
C.
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2 NONE USED
3 A3D, 15,000, 097, 380, NORTH ISLAND NAS (VAH4) SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
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1 130738
2 NIGHT/CLEAR
E. 33 22N, 118 10W OR 30 OR 30 ANSIDE, CALIF , CALIF
F. F.
1 N/A
2 COMMANDER MOORE, VAH4, NORTH 2 COMMANDER MOORE, VAH4, NORTH ISLAND-RELIARILITY: ISLAND-RELIARILITY: EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
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1 CLEAR
2 CALM
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270/21 7
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3 NONE
4 CLEAR-GOOD .
5 NONE
6 NONE
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H. NO
I. NONE
J. NONE NOTICED
STARBOARD. THE ORJECT WAS HEADING ABOUT 190. C .
J..a
THE LIGHT WAS MORE POWERFUL THE I LIGHT MORE THAN ANOTHER THAN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. HE WAS U AIRCRAFT. HE WAS UNAPLE TO
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DETERMINE THE DISTANCE TO THE OBJECT. IF IT WAS CLOSE HE ESTINATED THE
SPEED TO BE MACH. TWO OR THREE HOWEVER, IF IT WAS A GREAT DISTANCE
AWAY THE SPEED WOULD BE MUCH GREATER. THE A3D WAS DOING 380.
THIS WAS THE SECOND SITING REPORTED TONIGHT IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA.
THE FIRST WAS CONSIDER
RECORDED.
L. NONE
BT
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