USAF record 28963210

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 17 Aug 55

2. LOCATION Newport Beach, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0505Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

6. SOURCE civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, blue white, no sound or trail, fast as jet, flying straight then faded.

11. COMMENTS General details of sighting suggest possible meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW:] Probably Balloon [HW:] Possibly Balloon [HW:]

Was Aircraft [HW:] Probably Aircraft [HW:] Possibly Aircraft [HW:]

Was Astronomical Meteor [HW:] Probably Astronomical Meteor [HW:] Possibly Astronomical Meteor [HW:]