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Long Beach, California, September 1951

Date of account
1951-09
Location
Long Beach, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 12073 RECORD CARD 1.DA7E, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS LON BEACH Wes Dalloon 23 September1951 ,CalifoniaA 口 PreboblyBalloen 口 Posxibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF CBSERYATION 0755PDST Wos Aiicroft Locol GroundVisual D Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aireroft AinVi suol 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT. Air-Intercpt Rador 5.PHOTOS .SOURCE 口 Woo Astrcnomiccl Y Probably Astrenomieol YXN F-86 Pilots Possibly Astrunomlee! 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othe Inavlficient Doto lorEvgluation Unkrown Not Reported 1 10_.BRIEF SUMMARY OFSIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Shape was round. Color was silver. It is Evaluated as a balloon. believed the pilots saw a radiosonde balloon. SEE CASE FILE AT1C7ORM329(REV263EP52)

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