PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE—

DATE OF SIGHTINGDate not recorded

REPORTED LOCATIONLocation not recorded

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION Paciric Ceeal 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 41905-179230' 0 Was Balloon
1~ 00 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION PossiblyBalloon
Local 0140 PDT Ground-Visual Wes Aircraft
0 Prebesly Aireralt
GNT Air Visual Air-Intercept Rador Possibly Aircrait
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
G Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
x No 2 merchant seaman 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Othor.
0:00 Insulficient Data ior Evoluation
i min. 1 E Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright blue. Ball. Normal. Bright blue. Ball. Normal.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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AF FORM 112—PART 1
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
COUNTRY United States REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK)
MAFB-6-BATTAGLIA
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT PIR
Unidentified Flying Cojects Reporting
AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency)
Southern Califormia 807th Air Base Group, March Air Force Base
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION TECH
11 September 1952 27 Angust 1952
PREPARED BY (OICe) SOURCE
E. D. H. Maddox, Lt Colonel, USAF Civilian
REFERENCES (Omtrol number, directire, prerious report, ete., es appdicable)
AF Ltr 200-5 dtd 29 April 1952
SUMMARY: (Enter conelse summary of report. Giee sigalfcance in final une-sentence parugraph. Lit incloea at tower lift. Bepin tet of report on AF Fors 1à-Part 11)
1.Deseription ofunidentified flying object:
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The object was ball shaped in appegrence.
b. Color: Bright blue.
C. Mumber of objects cbserved: One (1) 20
d. No trail or exhaust was observed. d. No trail or exhaust was observed.
e. The cbject bravelled fasterthan a conventional jet and slower than The object bravelled faster than a conventional jet and slower than
the average shooting star.
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f. No sound was cbserved. f.lNo sound was cbserved.
g. The object travelled in a straight course with no deviation from west The object trevelled in a straight course with no deviation from west PP
to east. The altitude estimated at 40,000 feet. to east. The altitude estimated at 40,000 feet.
h.Coject appeared on the west horizon and dishppeared in the east horizon. h. Cbject appeared on the west horizon and dishppeared in the east horizon.
2. Sighting of the object was et 0l40 hours PDS?, 27 August 1952, aboerd the 2. Sighting of the object was et 0l40 hours PDs?, 27 August 1952, aboerd the - 2
S.8. TOPA TOPA for approximataly ona (1) mimnte. S.S. TOPA TOPA for approximately one (1) minute.
3. Cbject was visual from the surface. 3712
4. The two (2) cbservers were located on board ship (position 4l-05 nerth
Latitude and 179-30 west Longitude). 9
5.Cbservers were an S.B. TOPA TOPA
Waterman Steam Ship Co. Reliability of observation is wnknowm. No observing instru-
ments were available.
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6. Weather conditions and wind velocity and direction are unknown.
INCLS.
DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR
CC: CG, SAC eor Chief, Air Tech Intel Center
CG, 15th /I ATTN: ATIAA-2c, Wright-Patterson AFB
C0, 12th Air Div
INTELLIGENCE, USAR,
10-55569-1

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