Hollywood, CaliforniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On November 5, 1956, in Hollywood, California, a civilian observer reported seeing one triangular-shaped gray and black object about the size of a jet plane. The object traveled southeast in a straight line at 45 degrees and faded from view after one minute. The witness was looking for aircraft when the object was spotted. The Air Force investigation noted that all local towers were checked for information and found no low-flying aircraft with results. The possibility of the object being an Air Force jet was considered extremely thin due to the absence of sound. The case was evaluated as Unidentified.

Reported location

Hollywood, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 November 1956

2. LOCATION
Hollywood, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Loca_
GMT 06/0438Z

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

5. PHOTOS
O Yes

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one minute

8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One triangular shaped gray black object size of a jet plane. Object traveled SE in a straight line at indeg and having been observed visually for one minute.

12. CONCLUSIONS
O Probably Balloon
O Probably Aircraft
O Was Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
O Possibly Aircraft
O Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
O Possibly Astronomical
O Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown

9. COURSE
southeast

11. COMMENTS
Duration, description, flight path indicate that this sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968197