Palm Desert, California, May 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-05
- Location
- Palm Desert, 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 10073RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon Palm Desert, California 口 Possi bly Balloon 16 May 1956 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Ground-Radar XGround-Vi suol 口 Probably Aircraft Local αXPossibly Aircraft Air-Intercept Radar 17/0715z Air-Visual GMT 口 Was Astronornical 6.SOURCE 口 Probably Astronomicol 5.PHOTOS 口 Possibly Astronomicol Yes Civilian ONATX 口 Other. 9.COURSE 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insuificient Data for Evaluotion 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Unknown westerly one two minutes 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Concur with the opinion of One round object, the size of a pea the reporting officer that held at arm's length, yellow, in level this sighting was possibly flight heading west. caused by an aircraft. ATIC FORM 329(REV 25 SEP 52)
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