[ILLEGIBLE], April 1955April 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 16, 1955, at 4:45 p.m., a civilian observer in Los Angeles, California reported seeing a round, white object that moved straight up. The observation lasted one minute and thirty seconds. Conditions were slightly windy and hazy. The object was viewed with the naked eye from the ground at an elevation angle of 45 degrees. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a balloon, specifically a weather balloon (WX balloon).

Reported location

[ILLEGIBLE], April 1955

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
16 April 1955

2. LOCATION
[location field partially illegible]

2. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
16/2045Z
GMT

3. PHOTOS
Yes
XXNo

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

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1.5 minutes

8. COURSE
[blank]

9. [Field]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, white object went straight up. Windy and hazey.

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

11. COMMENTS
WX balloon.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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