USAF record 28939672 (1951)
28939672
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PROJECT 12073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 23 September 1951
2. LOCATION LONG BEACH [REDACTED] California
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 0755POST
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE P-36 Pilots
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1
9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Shape was round; Color was silver. It is believed the pilots saw a radiosonde balloon.
SEE CASE FILE
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
11. COMMENTS Evaluated as a balloon.
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- Page 1 PROJECT 12073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 23 September 1951 2. LOCATION LONG BEACH [REDACTED] California 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 0755POST 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW:…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED Status Report #1 Aeronautics WRT MARCH 1951 - 23 September 1951 On 23 September 1951 at 08:00 PST, an unidentified object was sighted over Long Beach, California. Four F-86 aircraft were…
- Page 3 UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX IV MARCH AIR FORCE BASE - 23 September 1961 I. DISCUSSION OF INCIDENT The first report of this incident, which appeared in Status Report No. 1, proved to be incomplete and…
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED The F-56's were unable to climb to the estimated altitude of the object due to the fact that they were carrying external fuel tanks and elected not to jettison then. II. STATUS OF…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED The third attempted intercept, the one in which the object was followed in a wide turn, cannot be explained. It is not believed that further interrogation would produce any additional…
- Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED Path of aircraft (reported) Path of balloon [REDACTED] 118° 20' 35° 00' [HW: Narro] George AFB 117° 00' 34° 00' [HW: George AFB] Narco AFB Flight 2-B Prevailing wind at 40,000 ft. Flight…
- Page 7 TD-N/Lt Col Friend Request for UFO Information (Ruz Soderman) 17 MAY 1962 To USAF SAGOL-3b (Major Hart) Wash 25 DC 1. The attached letter from Mr. Ruz Soderman requests information regarding 14…
- Page 8 [REDACTED] [STAMP:] [HW: CASE AT (PATRIP AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS, JULY 22, 1950)] [HW: CASE AT (MADISON AIR FORCE BASE, WISCONSIN, AUGUST 1950)] [HW: CASE AT (CLOSE SAY AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS,…
- Page 9 [STAMP: 20 JUL 1965] [HW: Laredo Air Force Base, Tex., December, 1954] [HW: The Wade, Tex., case on July 22, 1954] [HW: The sighting at [REDACTED] Air Force Base, Calif., July 18, 1954] [HW: The…
- Page 10 [STAMP:] CONFIDENTIAL EXTRACT STATUS REPORT 3 Appendix IV UNCLASSIFIED MARCH AIR FORCE BASE - 23 September 1942 I. DISCUSSION OF INCIDENT The first report of this incident, which appeared in Status…