Gardena, CaliforniaJune 1957

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Summary

On June 16, 1957, during the day, a civilian married couple in Gardena, California reported a sighting. The observation lasted about nine minutes. The sky was clear.

The witnesses saw one small round shiny object about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. It was moving up and continued up and out of sight. A fighter from North Island was scrambled but could not find the object, and no other observers or radar units in the area saw it.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as a balloon. The controller noted several balloon releases in the area and considered a balloon a possible cause.

Reported location

Gardena, California

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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] PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION [12. CONCLUS,ONs |
4 I< Wos Balloon
16 June 1957 Gardena, California OQ Probably Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION HR alt Belial
B : R O Wos Aircroft
ECT RT ARS SNA CE ee 0 'Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador C5 Probably Alrerelt
3 Gur le/2g8us. oo 0 Ai~Visuel O Air-Intercept Radar OU Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
: OY es 0 Probably Astronomical
a No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ORR {1 po ies DBE Aa SB CO
# O Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
i ; : 2 0 Unknown
nine mints one moving up
i 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 One small round shiny object the size| Description, duration, flight
Eo of a half dollar at arm's length, path indicate that this sighting
1 Object was moving up and out of was caused by a balloon. No
= sight. Object was seen visually for attempt will he made to obtain
3 1ine minutes. the photos unless a request is
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