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50 miles SE of Sacramento, Calif, July 1955

Date of account
1955-07
Location
50 miles SE of Sacramento, Calif
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 1Ju155 50 miles SEof Sacramento,Calif 口 Probably Balloon O Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 01/1910Z XKAirVi sual D Air-Intsrcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical military 口 Possibly Astronomical DNo 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown Lminute one Dowmward 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Similar to aircraft at a distance. Silver Possibly weather balloon which reached fell straight dowm to the ground. alt,burst and fell. ATIC FORM 329(R3V 268ZP 52)

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