Dixon Californiawalnutcreek California — March 1956

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Keywords: fonnia, po11sibly, ppherical, appea1ed, hoadtng, cha11ging, hedadc, vernaliis, califo1nia, launched, nnrch, kgroun, vernallis, 1512z, hoading, fojtm, commet, oscillate, launche, locaiion, dixon, walnut, balloons, whito, bolloon
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCAIION 12. CONCLUSION~ Dixon, California .~ct Vlu Bolloon Walnut Creek. Cali fonnia o Probably Bolloon 22 Nnrch 195f> 3. DATETIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Po11sibly Balloon B~leF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING kGroun d Vi aual One ppherical object, the sizo of a head of a match held at arms length whito in color, first appea1ed to be hoadtng northwest and then cha11ging hoading to north east. The object see:ned to oscillate. Object was obser v e d later for a n unknown period of 4'rlC FOJtM 329 (~ KV 26 SteP 52) NW then NE 11. COMMEt-IT S . A check \Vith HEDADC te v ealc d that two balloons were launche d at Vernaliis, Califo1nia, on the day of the sighting, an<l a few hours before the sighting. Balloon "1-8" ( MDH 'fype ) was launched from Vernallis at 22/ was launched at 1512Z on 22 Mar 56o Both balloons initially head~d north and were computed to have b een in the approx area of tl1e