Soledad California — March 1955

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Keywords: rojecf, ro6ably, posstul, atrvif, tteh10nticol, grcc11, tshed, movom, tltovin, jclusicn, robjbly, obtjact_, lcmgch, resulcs, 666th, renorled, tredh, untronomical, 1shing, coiiclu, torco, lencyh, lnsjfficiont, si1ve, alternatel
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( P ROJECf 10073 RECOI~D CAf~D 2. I.OCAT ION l. DATE 12. COIICLU SIOI-l$ 1 . So] 0cl:1d, Ca li:forn i a o VIa s B o l loon Calif or~i.:_1 ----0 P ro6ably Oolloo n 3. DATETI M:: C~DUP 11. l YPE OF ODSEf 1VATION n x Posstul y O ol loon ct G r o ltlld R odor C' I T _.J_:! ..)J~..!:.' -=~-----n AtrVIf.UOI u 1\irln torco r t Rude r ..f1No C j v ill::tn 7. LENCYH OF OSSF.RV ATION 8 . NUMUER Of~ OOJ ECTS 9. COURSE Was A i rc raft Proba bly A i r<::roft Posr.ibly A i rc r <dt Was A . trC\nOml r: o l Probably A .tteH10nticol Po:; !li b l y t.~tt ... n o mi c a l lnsJfficiont O ato f o r E v a lu a tion ro. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTII.JG 11. COMMENTS I) Round~ Ra d & gro~n flashe~. JJi ghts A il;t~hin~ l'Cd nnd grcc11 light, fl=-tshed on 3tHJ ol'f . Vertical movom~nt. rls)u~; voxt i c 3 l l y , could indi - A r o a soar c he d IJ y 2 :F-5 1 a I c No g a t .L v o c a t; c a b :1 11 o o u o I t i s f <"'a s .i b 1 e results . I.ocal a/c & w h~(l slo~v tltovin.~ t h tt t b '1lJ pa}loud w~s pick e d up b 1ip u n d er obs , which f a J o ti o by the radar, the n r~lc:tsod. ~) Round, si1vE.H ' Y white , dril't i.n~; str a ig-ht wo~t. UFCB INDEX CARD 2. LOCATION COt-JCLUSICN~ Wo s Holloon i . :~1-:F-aa,rcq l 3. DATETIMc GRO~? 4. TYP'F. ~"tdSt:imi'l Fl P robJbly B o l l oon Po:; :;i bl y l3 oil oo" 7. LENGTH Or OBSERV ATION ~ Ground-Vi:::vol 0 Air-Vi~ual 10. BRIEr SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Cn ( l) round obtjact_, t.:1e oize of n nickel b.Jld at 3.:r-ns lcmgch, uas obsel""73d c.o ri ;1e :!.'rem t.."-le und a t a. 45 de8I"ae ~gle. llie ob;ject :tJ..ashed red a nd green alternatel y. Pilots st!rambled aircr..,ft and searched t : .s ;J..r~a thor'>ughl;y bu t; td thout resulcs. 666th . ~\C 110Y renorled a t 30/ 0415Z they had a nlow :.1o"I'Ji ng blip in (:.hat .Jrea, but for only ~or ...,:-TReDH .:md -c.hen i'aded. AlSO? For m 5 ( 1 5 Oct 54) );(Ground-Radar n Air-Intercep t Rod or I.() Wos Aircraft Probobly A ircro ft Possibly Atrc r o f t Was A s t ronomi c o l P rob obi y A :;t ronorni c ol Po:;sbly 1\stronom.col In :;ufficicnt D olo fo r Evaluation A chec k of untronomical char-:s f .li:'..3 d:rcc tion of the o:l:-~:"lting. Jl:-3 f1.:1Shing :i:ed and creen lig..hts, uhich u ot-?. rising, seem "t.v :i.!~dicat.e t:1o possibility of (m n.i.rcra .ft