250 mi W Of San Francisco, Calif, October 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-10
- Location
- 250 mi W Of San Francisco, Calif
- 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 onlyMILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 70ct60 5O mi W of San Franeisco,Calif 口 Was Bolloon 口 Probobly Bolloon 口 Possibly Bolioon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.YYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aheroft Locai GroundVisual D Ground-Rodar 口 ProboblyAircroft 08/04462 GMT DAinVisuol OAir-lntarcaptRodor 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Wus Astronomicol UYes Military Probobly AstronomicolMeteor KNo 口 PossiblyAstronomieai 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION S.NUMBEROP OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor lnsufficlantData forEvglvotion 4sec descending Unknown one HO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Ball of fire was seen at same altitude as a Description is characteristic of a type It appeared to be size of a soft ball -much of meteor called abolide. larger than the ordinary meteor. There was a long gloving tail made up primarily of particles breaking off the main body. ATICFORM329(REV25SEPS2)
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