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Newport Beach, Calif, August 1955

Date of account
1955-08
Location
Newport Beach, Calif
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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 17Aug55 口 Was Balloon Newport Beach,Calif 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Locol_ DxGround-Visuol Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_18/0505Z D AinVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor OYo 口 Probably Astronomical ON中 口 Possibly Astronomical civilian 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 2 seconds 1 SE 口 Unkno wn 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,blue white,no sound or trail,fast General details of sighting suggest as jet,flying straight then faded. possible meteor. ATIC 7ORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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