China Lake, CaliforniaOctober 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On about October 3, 1956, near 10:20 p.m. local time, a civilian near China Lake, California reported luminous objects in the sky. The objects were seen for about nine seconds and moved from north to south.

The Air Force ruled out an aircraft because of the short duration. It said the sighting was most probably a meteor, while noting that light reflecting off birds was also possible. The case was evaluated as probably a meteor.

Reported location

China Lake, California

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
od a Sada a8 CE O Wes Balloon |
3 QO October 1956 China Lake , California O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellen |
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boon 22208 PST 1 XB GwwéViewd O Ground-Radar Pe ud
LAS 2 iF D Possibly Aircraft
___CMT CE/l0 FL O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rader ossibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Was Astronomical [lL Car
C Yes 7 Probably Astronomical
+[F No rivilia; 0 Possibly, Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE RE
0 went Dotto for Evaluation
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about 9 seconds N to S : ‘
10... BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 1). COMMENTS
Observer states he submitted report A/C ruled ont due to duration,
Apparentiy after roading Keyhoe's book | Observation most probably meteor
FLYING SAUCERS FROM OUTER SPACE, Obserq4 sighting 2lthough light reflectiols
un He af luminous "things" that on birds is also a possibility,
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bold + Md 3 J to Se They appeared to| Case evaluated as probably meteor
Wa vo he rds in flight, sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967833