Skip to content
Anomaly GraphCONNECT THE UNEXPLAINED
Start investigating
← Research library

Archive case record

Norton AFB, California, May 1955

Date of account
1955-05
Location
Norton AFB, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

View the original source ↗

Record summary

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

Published source text

Read the available text below. Archive transcriptions may contain OCR errors; later context is labelled separately. A recorded claim is not a finding that it happened.

Source page 1

Source text · mention only

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 21 May 1955 Norton AFB,California 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft 21/2105Z D Air-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical DXNe Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 20-45 seconds three East 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Spherical.First appeared as silver- Possible reflection. Insufficient gray, as it disappeared, became very data for analysis. pale fluorescent green. "y" formation. Short conical vapor trail. Bright sun. Climbed out of sight. AT1C FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

View this source page ↗

Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.