PROJECT BLUE BOOK

26 July 1963 | Hollywood, California

a | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

EX Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon

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GMT 26/2315Z O Air Vise

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Possibly Balloon

Was Aircroft
Probebly Aircroft
Possildy Airerofe

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10, BRIGP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Object sighted overhead drifting NE. Bright

Silver ball, slightly oblong with ring
around it, No sound.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Was Astronomical
Probebly Astronemicel
Possibly Astronomical

Other
Insufficient Data fer Eveluetion

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Unk no wes

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
one minute one (1) NE

11. COMMENTS

Balloon launched from Santa Monica
Airport at 1500. Winds and sky condi-
tion indicate that this was the object
sighted.

HEADQUARTERS
6592d SUPPORT GROUP (AFSC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Air Force Unit Post Office, Los Angeles 45, California ‘
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ATTN OF: SSQO |
susject : Revort of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) M2 AUG 1963

TO: ATIC
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio :

1. Reference AFR 200-2.

2. The following UFO sighting was reported to the SSD Command Post,
Inglewood, California at 1000 PDT, 27 July 1963.

a. Description: Bright silver ball, slightly oblong with a
Saturn-like silver ring around it, no sound.

Course: Initial sighting wa

S§ directly overhead. Object
disappeered in a north

easterly direction.

lienner of Observation: Visual sighting.

Time and Date: 1515-1530 PDT, 26 July 1963. Observetion
persisted about one minute.

Location of Observer: ‘Quam, Hollywood, Calif.

Observer: Mrs. eddress es above, telephone

Weather Condition: Clear and five-eight miles visibility with
haze and smoke. Winds aloft from surface
to 20,000 feet were generally from the

southwest (2109-2409) at 10-18 knots.

Unusual Activities: None.

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Identification Actions: None.

Air Traffic: Not applicable.

Preparing Officer's Position and Comments:

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(1) Emergency Plens Officer.

(2) A weather balloon was released from Santa Monica Airport
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Deputy Commander

Tos Angeles 45, Calif

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