Burbank, CaliforniaFebruary 1957

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Summary

On February 13, 1957, in Burbank, California, two objects were reported near Lockheed Air Terminal at 1:45 p.m. Witnesses observed two star-sized objects with white, red, and green lights. One object crossed the flight path and had a tail. It faded out. The second object had a blue flame and reversed course at high altitude. The objects moved overhead at around 60,000 feet, then headed west toward the ocean at approximately 600 miles per hour. Both objects reversed course and disappeared. The sighting lasted between 1 minute and 3 seconds. Scattered clouds were in the area. The Air Force evaluated the second object as a meteor.

Reported location

Burbank, California

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE:
13 February 1957

2. LOCATION:
Burbank, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP:
Local 1845
GMT 14/0245Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS:
No

6. SOURCE:
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION:
1) 1 min 2) 3 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS:
two

9. COURSE:
E to W
Reversing

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Two objects like a star - size of star color white, red and green light - one object appeared to cross flight path - 2nd object had a tail. First object faded out, 2nd object had a blue flame.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[X] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical Meteor
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown

11. COMMENTS:
Object observed near Lockheed Air Terminal (one of the most congested air traffics on West Coast) red and green flashing light and reversal of cours at high alt. Little doubt it was a/c. Scattered clouds in area, also, this often gave odd appearances to high fly-ing a/c. Second object with tail evaluated as meteor.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968980