50 Mi South Of Bakersfield, California, April 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-04
- Location
- 50 Mi South Of Bakersfield, California
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.CATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 50 Mi South of 口 Was Balloon April 1956 Bakersfield,California 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local- 1000 PST Ground·Radar 口 Was Aircraft BXGround-Visual 口 Probobly Aircraft /1800Z GMT. AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Y. 口 Probably Astronomical XXNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE 口 Othor- KXnsufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 15-30 seconds one east 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bright object slightly E of overhead Insufficient Data. in view for 15-30 seconds. Appeared as a red-orange light brighter than the sky. Disappeared by being reduced in size piece by piece.Disappeared over mountains.No sound,tail,exhaust Appeared in front of mountains & dis- appeared
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