Indio, CaliforniaApril 1958

Unidentified

Summary

On April 11, 1958, near Indio, California, a civilian witness reported seeing a round, red object that appeared to fall and explode. The witness was outside loading an automobile when he looked up and spotted the object forty-five degrees above the horizon to the east. The object traveled from southwest to northeast and seemed to explode after approximately fifteen seconds. It then blew up and disappeared within one minute. The sighting was ground-visual and lasted one minute total. No photos were taken. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified.

Reported location

Indio, California

Date of incident

April 1958

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10973 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
11 Apr 58 | Indio, California | □ Was Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | □ Probably Balloon
Local | □ Ground-Visual □ Ground-Radar | □ Possibly Balloon
GMT 12/0350Z | □ Air-Visual □ Air-Intercept Radar | □ Was Aircraft

5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | □ Probably Aircraft
□ Yes | | □ Possibly Aircraft
□ No | Civilian | □ Was Astronomical Meteor
 | | □ Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | □ Possibly Astronomical
1 min | one | NE | □ Other_____
 | | | □ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS | □ Unknown
Rnd, red obj, size of dime. Obj | Obj had all the characteristics
appeared to fall & explode. | of a ballida.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977750