USAF record 28961575

UFOB INDEX CARD

1. DATE [HW: 17 March 1955]

2. LOCATION Twenty-Nine Palms, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] War 55

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION approx 10 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one (1)

9. COURSE moved back and forth, no course

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A round object, the size of a quarter held at arm's length, probably white in color (no distinct color designated in preliminary report) was observed to drift back and forth. Below: Lost sight of this object after about 6 minutes of observation when object drifted out of sight.

11. COMMENTS Possibly balloon. This sighting was in the vicinity of many weather stations. Regular weather balloon releases are made at 0300 Zulu hours; at the time of sighting were, at 30 to 50 thousand feet, and the object had no velocity. Possibility of further investigation uncovered any more information; no other action was taken at this organization (h602d-AISS).

AISOP Form 3 (15 Oct 54)