Alhambra, Calif, August 1955August 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 18, 1955, a civilian in Alhambra, California reported a ground-visual sighting at 7:03 a.m. The witness observed a round, red object that moved straight up heading east and then faded away. The observation lasted three minutes. One object was reported. The source was a civilian witness, age 45, a plumber. The weather was dark and clear with light winds from the west. No other air traffic was in the area. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown due to insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Alhambra, Calif, August 1955

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
18 Aug 55

2. LOCATION
Alhambra, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 19/0330Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual | Ground-Radar
| Air-Visual | Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
| Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE

12. CONCLUSIONS
| Was Balloon
| Probably Balloon
| Possibly Balloon
| Was Aircraft
| Probably Aircraft
| Possibly Aircraft
| Was Astronomical
| Probably Astronomical
| Possibly Astronomical
| Other
X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, red - straight up headed East and faded away.m

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963218