Cold open. This is a declassified record titled “1958‑08‑8861179‑Concord‑California,” originating from the United States Air Force, dated August nineteen fifty‑eight. It documents a civilian sighting of multiple unidentified aerial phenomena over Concord, California, and was made publicly available through The Black Vault archive.
Provenance. The document was released to the public by The Black Vault, a repository for government records, and is accessible at the URL https://archive.org/download/1958-08-8861179-Concord-California/1958-08-8861179-Concord-California_djvu.txt. No specific Freedom of Information Act case number is listed; the release date is recorded as the date of upload to the archive.
The document. The record begins with a series of coded entries:
t. DATE 2, LOCATtOH 12. CONCLUSIONS S. DATE‑TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OP OBSERVATION Local – Cl Ground* Vi tuol 0 Ground‑Rodr GMT t>S/1730Z ! □ Air*Vlsuol □ Air‑lntoreopt Rodor S. PHOTOS TTWOTcl — O Yoa .XKNo Civilian j 7. LENGTH OP. OBSERVATION not riJtd I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS tour 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OP SIGHTING Civilian & three or four others sighted three or four flying saucers over Concord California. Rpt called t Hamilton Flight Service Center by Travis TCC upon receipt of phone call Cirvis rpt made at 09/2330Z (24 hrs latex*) f AF messge sent to addressees at HJ/UOJOZ (another 24 hrs) & iLlivorod to ATIC on Aug 15 (7 days alter the sighting) as an Operation uiaLe TWX. 9. COURSE not rptd O Wot Balloon Q Probably Bolloen O PettiUy Balloon □ Wot Alrerolt □ Probably Aircraft O Pottibly Aireroft □ Wot Atf rononti eol O Probobly Attronomical D Pottibly Attronomical □ t) Inttffficlont Data for Evaluation O Unknown 11. COMMENTS Insufficient Data A « ATIC yOHM J» <RRV 2§ SEP S2) 2CZCHOA04?ZCOJb$70 00 RJEZHO a & « ' 2^ OfFARTMM Of Tffi AM fTATF MBSA6E DIVISION ifCMSMB MaSljOl INCOMING OE RJVZFN 1 0 092320Z AU6 15. 4 FM TCC TRAVIS AFB CALIF TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT RBVPI/COKWESTSEAFRON SANFRAN RJEZHO/COFS WASHDC AF GRNC BT i *] 6^ i*' n /UNCLAS/TCC 09‑H‑66.* RV REPORTED BY TELEPHONE TO MATS TCC TRAVIS AFB CALIF AT 082230Z BY CIVILIAN MR CONCORD, CALIF. AND FOUR OTHERS SIGHTED THREE OR FOUfT FLYING SAUCER^OVER CONCORD, CALIF AT 081730Z. UFO REPORT CALLED TO HAMILTON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER BY TRAVIS TCC UPON RECEIPT OF CALL. BT 10/0010Z AUG RJVZFN NOTE : This 1 ACTION ; CIN INFO : OOP AF IN : 8162 ■i -P > ' ^ ^ « -p ^ 9 m V.. \ # / noc Ja CIRVZS iiieBsage (10 Aug 58) O^e.^ W/acd -c jv-
Context. The Black Vault’s archival entry notes that this file is part of a larger collection of Air Force UFO reports from the late 1950s, and that the document was scanned from the original microfilm and transcribed for public access. No additional agency commentary accompanies the record.
Outro. This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For the full document, visit storyflo.com and the canonical URL https://archive.org/download/1958-08-8861179-Concord-California/1958-08-8861179-Concord-California_djvu.txt.
