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Santa Cruz, California, September 1955

Date of account
1955-09
Location
Santa Cruz, 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 16 Sep 55 Santa Cruz,California 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XxGround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircroft GMT_17/0340Z AirVisuol Air-Intorcept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yos Probably Astronomical ONRX cvilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor AA Firings 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation like tracers 口 Unknown 50 min six to seven 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Objs, having appearance of tracers, glowing white and red, seen thru fleld glabses, Cause of sighting: Artillery firings appeared at intervala, fron Fort Ord,California. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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