Hollywood, CaliforniaJuly 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On July 23, 1956, in Hollywood, California, one observer reported seeing a circular object the size of a dime. The object was light green in color and moved very fast at approximately 20,000 feet altitude. The sighting lasted three seconds. The observer was scanning for aircraft at 275 degrees from their position when the object went out of sight. Weather conditions were clear and balmy with a full moon and good visibility. Wind was 20,000 feet at 18 knots. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

Hollywood, California

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 23 July 1956
2. LOCATION: Hollywood, California
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Meteor, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
DATE: 23/1001Z

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

5. PHOTOS: Yes, No

6. SOURCE

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object circular size of dime. Color light green. Very fast. Approx 20,000 altitude.

11. COMMENTS: Meteor sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966386