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Oxnard AFB, California, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Oxnard AFB, 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 口 Was Balloon 28 December 1956 Oxnard AFB, California 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Ballocn Local XXGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft CMT. 29/0443Z Air-Visuol 口 Possibly Aircraft Air-Intercept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE BXWas Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XNo Military & Ciyilian (Goc) 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 4to 5seconds one W to NH 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One bluish white ball with tail。 Concur with reporting officer Object was seen on a straight flight that this sighting was caused path flashing from west to northwest by a meteor. and disappeared after having been Saen visually for 4 to 5 seconds. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP 52)

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