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UFOB Index Card — 9 April 1955, Oakland, California

📅 9 April 1955 📍 Oakland, California 📄 UFOB Index Card
UFOUAPOakland1955meteorastronomical

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A 1955 UFOB Index Card detailing a civilian sighting of a glowing, green, round object over the Oakland Bay Bridge. The event was officially classified as a possible meteor with no further investigation required.

This document is a UFOB Index Card documenting a sighting that occurred on April 9, 1955, in Oakland, California. The witness, identified as a civilian, reported observing a single, round object that appeared to be approximately the size of the planet Venus. The object was described as glowing and slightly green in color. The witness observed the object falling in a straight downward trajectory while driving across the Oakland Bay Bridge. The duration of the sighting was estimated at approximately three seconds. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact associated with the event. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authority was that the object was possibly astronomical in nature, potentially a meteor. The report notes that the specific time of the sighting made positive identification difficult. Consequently, the document concludes that no further investigation was authorized.

Possibly astronomical. Possible meteor, although the indicated time of sighting may have made positive identification difficult. No further investigation authorized.

Official Assessment

Possibly astronomical. Possible meteor, although the indicated time of sighting may have made positive identification difficult. No further investigation authorized.

The object was identified as possibly astronomical, specifically a potential meteor, though the timing of the observation complicated a definitive identification.