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Location
Catalina Island, California
All 4 declassified cases list this as the incident's official location. Documented incidents span 1949 to 1955.
A single agency is involved: Department of War. The case files here include documents. None of the cases carry visible redactions.
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Cases
| File ID | Date | Agency | Type | Pages read | Official | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOW-UAP-D177 | 3/15/55 | Department of War | Document | 4/4 | Official | This file documents a night-time sighting dated 15 March 1955 near Avalon, Catalina Island, California. It contains a Project 10073 record card, a UFOB index card and a teletype from the 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at San Pe… |
| DOW-UAP-D178 | 11/16/53 | Department of War | Document | 4/5 | Official | This file contains a completed Project Blue Book record form — with an official conclusion of "Astronomical (JUPITER)" and a note that astronomers at the Griffith Park Observatory evaluated the sighting as possibly a planet — and a 1953 tel… |
| DOW-UAP-D179 | 6/25/52 | Department of War | Document | 1/2 | Official | This is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report dated 28 August 1952 from the 807th Air Base Group at March Air Force Base, about alleged "flying saucers" near Santa Catalina Island, off southern California. It reports that on… |
| DOW-UAP-D181 | 4/28/49 | Department of War | Document | 3/3 | Official | This short file concerns a sighting on the night of 28 April 1949 at Avalon, Catalina Island, California. It contains a Project 10073 record card, an Air Materiel Command routing form dated May 1949, and the handwritten letter that started… |
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