Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Sighting Report — Red Bluff, California, 21 July 1952
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A report of a round, silver object sighted near Red Bluff, California, on July 21, 1952. The military investigation concluded the object was a weather balloon.
This document is a military sighting report filed by the 28th Air Division Defense regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on July 21, 1952. The report details a visual sighting of a single, round, silver-colored object located 15 miles northwest of Red Bluff, California. The witness, identified as Mr. Schlosser of the Ground Observer Corps (GOC), reported that the object was at a very high altitude and was not moving very fast, traveling in a northwesterly direction. The report was transmitted via teletype to the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Meteorological data provided in the report indicates clear weather conditions with specific wind patterns. The official conclusion provided in the report suggests that the object was a weather balloon, noting that such balloons had been released in the area shortly before the sighting occurred. The document is marked with the reference number 7-3719-1 and includes administrative routing information indicating it was processed on July 23, 1952.
ONE ROUND SILVER COLORED OBJECT VERY HIGH NOT MOVING VERY FAST.
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Official Assessment
Weather balloons released shortly before sighting.
The sighting was attributed to weather balloons released in the vicinity shortly before the observation.
Witnesses
- SchlosserGOC