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UFO case file · UFO-31241

250mi WOf San Francisco radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 8, 1960

CE1United States1960-10-08

250mi WOf San Francisco, California, United States

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Case description

Disappeared in the main body. INCOMING AP IN: 16712 (8 OCT 50) ACTION: CIN-14 INFO: ARMY-30, NAVY-90, ACS-23, OCS-15, NSA-7, DIA-11, SDBD 209 ZGHQZ8520CJAIN 00 RRZ2K DE RRWP1 002 ZNR 0 0822332 FM CGCD TWELVE TO RUWPW/CONSSTE AFRON R.NAFAL/CONAD ENT AFB F.IRZHO/CHIEF OF STAFF USAF WASH DC USCG GRNC BT INCLAS X CIRVIS X OAKLAND ARTC ADVISED REPT RECD FROM BRIT OVERSEAS ACFT AT 0824232 SPEED 332 POSIT 33-50N 127-59W LT 17SEA FT SIGHTED ROCKET OR FLARE APPEARING 30 MI NORTH TRAV- DOWNWARD X ACFT LIKE B-36 FROM NATHER AFB AT 0824232 POSIT BAY CALIF SIGHTED SIMILAR ROCKET OR FLARE AND ESTIMATED FL FT REYES X ACFT ETHAN 37 REPT SIMILAR OBJECT DESCRIBED AS A BALL WITH SHORT TAIL X ADDITIONAL REPTS BEING RECD BT CFN 0824232 33-50N 127-53W 17000 FT 0824232 37 03/0529Z NOTE: Advance copies del to CIN & CP I do not see a photograph in this document. CIRVIS 1 PASSED TO ENDICOTT AT 0453Z. AIRCRAFT ETHAN 44 SIGHTED OBJECT SAME BALL OF FIRE AS BALL OF FIRE PREVIOUSLY SIGHTED 1254H, TIME 2452Z. OBJECT SIGHTED OFF NOSE TO THE RIGHT. Supporting case details: Reported craft or object: Reported object in 250mi WOf San Francisco radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 8, 1960 Reported special objects or artifacts: Still camera; Radar system Physical traces or material: Radar data or reported radar return associated with 250mi WOf San Francisco radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 8, 1960 Electromagnetic or instrument effects: Radar or sensor detection Institutional response / aftermath: Government or official action

Recorded details

Local time
0824
Craft description
Reported object in 250mi WOf San Francisco radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 8, 1960
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