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China Lake NAS, California, July 1955

Date of account
1955-07
Location
China Lake NAS, 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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UFCB INDEX CARD AISS-UF0B-209-55 DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS July1955 China Lako NAs, California yWos Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Probably Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibiy Bolloon Local Ground-Visual GMT 12/0510z July 1955 Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft AirVisual 口 Probably Aircraft 5.PHOTOS Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 6.SOURCE 口Yes 口 Was Astronomical No Military 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE Minutos 口 Other. Twonty to thirty(20-30) One(1) 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Eand 口 Unknowm TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING l. COMmENTs'Iuvontigatlon-AutHortsod One (l), round, orangish-rad objeot, the size of a dimo hold at arna longht, was observod Tnia Bighting is racgivinga-foilow- Pron the tower of tha abovs Mas:Sixty （60) up favoatigation by Fltght 1-C,4602d powor and aight (8) power binoculars wers AIss.

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