Delano, CaliforniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On November 14, 1956, a civilian saw four objects over Delano, California. The report came from a ground observer post. The objects were watched for one to two minutes.

The witness described four black objects shaped like aircraft. Each was about the size of a basketball at arm's length. The objects left a trail and flew in a straight line.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as aircraft. The description, duration, and flight path pointed to aircraft. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Delano, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
TE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
14 November 1956 Delano, Cal ifornia 0 Probably Balloon |
,‘DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION | I POO S— |
NS i —————— 3X Ground- Vi sul DO Ground-Radar BX Mos re iver oft
owt. 14722432 — 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
. |'s. PHOTOS . OQ Was Astronomical |
: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XDNo | civilian GOC O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9: COURSE 0, Other ee
0 Insufficient Date for Evalvetion
0 Unknown
one to two minutes four strai : :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Four black objects, shape of aircraft) Description, duration, flight
and the size of a basketball at arm'|s path indicate that this sight
length. Objects left a trail and ing was aaused by aircraft.
were observed flying in a straight
line. Objects were seen visaully fo
one to two minutes. |
No Report in File. |
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