Glen Avon, CaliforniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On November 9, 1956, at 12:09 a.m., a civilian in Glen Avon, California reported seeing a long red object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object hovered in one spot, then just disappeared after being watched for three or four minutes. A meteor was sighted in the same area at the same time. The observation was ground-based and visual. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified due to insufficient data.

Reported location

Glen Avon, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 9 November 1956
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local, 09/0906Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes [X] No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: three to four minutes

2. LOCATION: Glen Avon, California
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Vised, [ ] Ground-Radar, [ ] Air Visual, [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE: Civilian
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: Lowering

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
One long red object, size of a dime at arm's length. Object was seen hovering in one spot. Then object just disappeared after having been observed visually for three or four minutes.

Note: Meteor was sighted at same time in area.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[ ] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[X] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
[ ] Unidentified

11. COMMENTS:
Insufficient data.

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