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San Francisco, California, May 1955

Date of account
1955-05
Location
San Francisco, 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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17 May 1955 San Francisco, California Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground.Vi sual Local Ground-Rador Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 18/0605Z DAir-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 GMT. Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was AstronomicolJupiter Yes 口 Probably Astronomicai NO DxPossibly Astronomical Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OSJECTS 9.COURSE 口,O:her Insufficient Data for Eyaluation stationary,j tUnknown approx five minutes one south_of due vest 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round, bright reddish bronze Possibly astro (Jupiter. object approximately size of head Description of sighting & of pin held at arm's length was direction to the object fron observed to hang in western sky observer strongly suggests planet for few minutes,then appar

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