Coronada Island (Ninas off Calif.), November 1956November 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Coronada Island (Ninas off Calif.), November 1956 in November 1956. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 26.

Reported location

Coronada Island (Ninas off Calif.), November 1956

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
9 November 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
ONT 09/2030Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
28 minutes

2. LOCATION
Coronada Island (Ninas off Calif.)

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

6. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
in orbit & stopped

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

11. COMMENTS
Possible WX balloon.

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round object white and red. GCA technician spotted object while working on antenna. When first sighted, object was in orbit then stopped. Appeared to be intercepted by 2 A/C.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968233

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People

GCA technician

Organizations

Military

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Coronada Island CORONADO ISLA Ninas off Calif.