Santa Maria, California, January 1957
- Date of account
- 1957-01
- Location
- Santa Maria, 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS C Was Bailoon 6January.1957 Santa Maria,California Probobly Ballaon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GRCUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft Locol 06/21157 Probobly Aircraft D Air-Vi suai D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircrcft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicai OYes 口 Probobly Astronomical O.NO GOC Post- Civilians 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Eyaluation 口 Unknown 20.soconds one fm NE to SoutH 1O.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Shape described is contradictory i.e. cigar shaped round ball. Did not appeax Probable a/c sighting. to have any wings or tail,looked orang color with bluish extension. Estimated faster than jet and at 15,o00 feet. From NE then turned South. Binoculars used. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SZP 5
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