Huntington, CaliforniaApril 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On April 27, 1956, a civilian at Huntington, California, reported one object at 2110 (9:10 p.m.). The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object was bluish-white and very small. It appeared to be at an altitude of about 5,000 feet. The object moved west at erratic speeds, both very fast and very slow, and went out toward the ocean. The sighting lasted about 30 minutes. The sky was clear with about ten miles of visibility.

The Air Force concluded the object was the planet Venus. The record said the object had the characteristics of Venus and stayed in the same relative position in the west for 30 minutes.

Reported location

Huntington, California

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD te
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
d 0 Was Boll
27 April 1956 Huntington, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Local | XX Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar a bd) Ci HEN
oM7_28/0510Z = 0 Air-Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS - SOURCE BX Was Astronomical Venus
: D Yes DO Probably Astronomical
Xt No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE YC ORR Ee hy SE se
55 {gvikisient Dato for Evaluation
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thirty minutes one westwardly |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One bluish-white object, very small, |This object has characterisitics
appeared to be at an altitude of of Venus. Object observed for
I 3 5,000 feet. The object moved west at 30 minutes in same relative posi
erratic speeds, tion in west,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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