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Modesto, California, March 1955

Date of account
1955-03
Location
Modesto, 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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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 26 March 1955 Modesto, California 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibiy Butloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Local xGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft ProboblyAirerott 27/0331Z GMT AirVisual DAir-lntercepRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Yes ProboblyAstronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomica! 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS9. COURSE HxothorSearchlicht 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Urknown periodically for 2 hrs one circling 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One square,white,object size of a Source's description of the basketball held at arm's length was object closely follows that of observed to appear and fade for a searchlight activity.Nearby period of approx two hours.object Modest airport and the possibility seemed to circle. of rotating searchlights used

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