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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 21 July 1956 | 2. LOCATION Auburn, California | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☑ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 21/1300Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2-3 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECT…

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MM RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWPAG 27E
M242238Z

FM COMDR SMAMA MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
INFO RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CEN WPAFB
RJEPHQ/DIR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25, DC
ZEN/COMDR 8TH AIR DIV MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF
BT
SMK-6-3-ETITLE: UFOB

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT:
(A) SHAPE LIKE GUIDED MISSILE
(B) SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET LONG
(C) ORANGE AND GREEN
(D) ONE ONLY
(E) N/A
(F) N/A
(G) EMITTING CHUNCKS OF FIRE
(H) NO SOUND

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(I) 230 FOOT ABOVE THE RIVER

2. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:
(A) NEGATIVE
(B) 230 FEET ABOVE RIVER BASED UPON SIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS ON RIVER BANK
(C) TURNED WITH THE COURSE OF THE RIVER
(D) FLEW 230 FEET ABOVE THE NORTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER FOLLOWING COURSE OF RIVER.
(E) NEGATIVE
(F) TWO TO THREE MINUTES

3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION.
(A) GROUND VISUAL
(B) NONE
(C) N/A

4. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:
(A) 1333Z 21 JULY 1956
(B) SUN UP

5. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: MISQUITO RIDGE AND OREGON BAR, NORTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

6. IDENTIFYING INFORMAT…

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AUBURN, CALIFORNIA
(B) N/A

7. WEATHER AND WIND CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTINGS:
(A) FAIR
(B) NEGATIVE
(C) UNLIMITED
(D) GOOD
(E) NONE
(F) NONE

8. NEGATIVE

9. NEGATIVE

10. NONE

11. JUSTUS E. WYMAN, INFORMATION OFFICER, SACRAMENTO AIR MATERIEL
AREA, MCCLELLAN AFB, CALIFORNIA. COMMENT: MR. DOG CAMPBELL, EDITOR,
AUBURN JOURNAL, AUBURN, CALIFORNIA, RELAYED THE ABOVE INFORMATION AS
OF THIS DATE. HE GAVE CREDENCE TO STORY BECAUSE MR. , AUBURN
, IS AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AND NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF A SIMILAR
SIGHTING IN COLORADO HAD APPEARED ON WIRE SERVICES A FEW DA…