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Ripley, California, March 1955

Date of account
1955-03
Location
Ripley, 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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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17_March_1955. Ripley.California ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Ground-Visuol Ground-Radar Loca! WasAircraft 口 ProboblyAireroft 17/1724Z XAir-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMY 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE D Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomicol ENO Military D Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othsr 口 InsufficiontData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 3.minutes one. North 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round.Silver,no sound.Straight Probable a/c. and level with no maneuvering. Traveled out of sight in 3 minutes. Obj heading 90 degrees. ATICFORM329(REV 26SEP52)

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