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March AFB, California, January 1953

Date of account
1953-01
Location
March AFB, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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1.DATE·TIME CROUP 12.LOCATION 27Jan5327/1800z Mercb_AFB. Califom 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION HNSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION 2Airmn 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient data fro evaluation. Duration not ineluded as is manner or disappearance. Sounds like balloon. One 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Not Reported Silver oval shaped object traveled ata speed vaiying from 6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION hoverirg to very fast. Object traveled in m apparent strai course ad appeared to wabble fron side to side during move- Ground-Visual ment. Object appeared to be size of D-29 a/c. 7.COURSE Varied 3.PHOTOS Yas XNo 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Ys XNo FORM FTD SEP 630-329 (TDE) Pvloua oditon ol thia lorm may bousod.

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