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Twenty-Nine Palms, California, January 1957

Date of account
1957-01
Location
Twenty-Nine Palms, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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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. CONCLUSNS 17 January 1957 Fwenty-Nine Palms,California 口 Was Bolloon 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Locol DGround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft GMT-18/0530Z 口 Probobiy Aircraft D Air-Visuai D Air-lntarcopt Radar Possibly Aircraft S. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口Yos 口 Was Astronomicai 口 Probably Astronomical XONO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 2minutes 口 Unknown SE to NW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMEN7S Round, pea-sized object, yellow red in Description &:flight pattern is appearance observed for 2 minutes generally characteristic of a/c. proceading from SE to Nw. Faded out. Area surrounded by numerous Halfway between horizon and zenith, civil and military airfields. i.e, 45 dgrs. ATIC FORM 32

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