Azuza, CaliforniaAugust 1962

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Summary

On August 3, 1962, at 1:15 p.m., two teenage students in Azuza, California reported seeing a bright oval spot of light moving northeast at approximately 3 degrees per second. They observed it through binoculars for visual sighting during clear weather. The object moved in a Victor Airways route corridor. An Air Force Emergency Plans Officer at Los Angeles noted the most probable cause was aircraft departure from one of several airports in the Los Angeles area. The case was evaluated as unknown.

Reported location

Azuza, California

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
21 August 1962

2. LOCATION
Azuza, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 04/0415Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NE

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Bright oval spot of light moving at 3 degs/sec to NE. Visual w/bx.

11. COMMENTS
Obj moving in Victor Airways 1532-49 primary route from L.A. Case evaluated as a/c sighting. Motion suggested sighting of echo except that the vicinity was too fast duration not rapid. Also echo was over L.A. at 2000 moving in the opposite direction (toward the GR).

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998507