Garden Grove, Calif., November 1957November 1957

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 Garden Grove, Calif., November 1957 in November 1957. The full case file (2 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 30.

Reported location

Garden Grove, Calif., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

UFOB INDEX CARD

1. DATE
7 Nov 57
[handwritten: 1 Nov 57]

2. LOCATION
Garden Grove, Calif.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
07/0200Z Nov 57

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar (boxes)
Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar (boxes)

5. PHOTOS
Yes / No (boxes)

6. SOURCE
[illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Fifteen minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
See below

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round fiery red object the size of a quarter. Object was seen stationary, then moved toward L.A. Object was in sight for 15 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably a balloon.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[Various checkbox options visible including: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973988

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Places

Garden Grove, Calif.L.A.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

07/0200Z Nov 57 1957 1957-11-01 1 Nov 57 7 Nov 57