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Santa Maria, California, June 1955

Date of account
1955-06
Location
Santa Maria, 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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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS_UFOB-191-55 ZPATE. 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 2iJuo 1955 Was Balloon Santa Maria, California 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft 27/00402 Jume 1955 GMT_ D Air-Visual D Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical NO Cizilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 2enty-five (25) Minutas 口 Unknown T(2) "Up and dowm" 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Tvo (2) oblong, gold objects, side by side, Identified a s balloon. appearod the size of a halr-dodlar at arms langth. AtS0PForm5(150ct54)

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