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Bakersfield, California, March 1955

Date of account
1955-03
Location
Bakersfield, 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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PROJECT10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 30 March 1955 Bakersfield,California ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Local.. round-Visua! Ground-Radar Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft 31/0210Z GMT. Air-Visual DAir-InterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yos 口 ProbablyAstronomicai Civilian 口 Possibly Astrononical XCKNO 7.LENGTHOFOBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口,Other XInsufficienDato forEvaluation Unknown approx one minute three northwest 10. BRIEF SLMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Three "soap bubble" objects, approx Insufficient Data for analysis. size of baseball held at arm's length No indication as to distance silver & clear,were observed in the traveled,altitude,motion,or vicinity of Bakersfield,Calfornia. manner of disappearance. There were no other characteristic features. ATICFOR

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