Buena Park, CaliforniaJanuary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On January 22, 1954, young witnesses near Buena Park, California reported egg shaped objects. The first object was orange and about the size of a 50 cent piece held at arm's length. The sighting lasted about one minute. The objects came from the southwest and moved off to the northeast.

In a first sighting, a single object flew in a half circle around the observers and went out of sight over the mountains. In a second sighting, several objects appeared, ending in a V shaped formation during their last appearance. About a minute before, a small aircraft had been seen flying over the area.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The investigating officer doubted the account because of the young age of the witnesses, because no other witnesses saw the objects, and because no aircraft were confirmed in the area by area bases. The Air Force concluded the first sighting was probably aircraft and the second had insufficient data.

Reported location

Buena Park, California

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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B [. oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
3 : QO Was Ball
22 Jan 54 Buena park, Calif ornia o Probably Balloon
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0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
: Ne ¢ ivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical :
2 LeyoTH oF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE BI iit ie
1. nute l.circled from <9 TXXnsufficient Dota for Evaluation
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10. BRISF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS A
Egg shape, orange in colar. Obj, first one First sighting. a/c
then five, in formation. Probably two Second sighting. Insuff Data
1. Young witnesses
2. No other witnesses
3. No act't reported in ares
1st obj flew in eircle and !!sanpeared over
mountains. Second sighting. © objects in
"y" formation.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957375