California airport Los Angeles International, July 1956July 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 16, 1956, at Los Angeles International Airport in California, a civilian witness observed one roundish object. The object was initially red in color and was first thought to be a blimp. It became a ball of flame and disappeared. The witness saw it through binoculars before it became a ball of flame. The sighting lasted several minutes. The Air Force evaluation was that there was insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

California airport Los Angeles International, July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                      12. CONCLUSIONS
16 July 1956                    California airport
                                Los Angeles International        Was Balloon
3. DATE GROUP                   4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           Probably Balloon
Local                          X Ground-Visual    Ground-Radar   Possibly Balloon
GMT    17/0600Z               Air-Visual        Air-Intercept Radar  Was Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                                                        Probably Aircraft
   Yes      6. SOURCE                                            Possibly Aircraft
   20No        Civilian                                          Was Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE  Probably Astronomical
Several minutes                one              unknown        Possibly Astronomical
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   11. COMMENTS                    Other___
One roundish object. Color red at   Insufficient data.          X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
first thought to be a blimp. Became                              Unknown
ball of flame & disappeared - seen
through binoculars before it became
ball of flame.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 29 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966195