La Habra, CaliforniaDecember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On December 21, 1954, a civilian near La Habra, California, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted about two hours. The object moved toward the northeast.

The object was described as a small, silver spheroid. No sound was noted.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, noted the conclusion as a probable balloon. The card stated the long time the object remained in sight and its slow horizontal speed fit the criteria of a balloon. There was no case on file.

Reported location

La Habra, California

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
] aires 3 : 3 -8 Was Balloon
i 21 December 195) La Habra, California £1 Probably Bolloon
: 1. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TOT ERR BNIRes
: i 0 Was Aircraft
Loco) 0 Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Rador 0 Probably Areraft
CMT oN /1L1 82 0 Air-Visual D Air-Intercept Rodor QO Possibly Aircraft
A 5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE APR 0 Yas Astronomical
p 0 Yes 01 Probobly Astranomical
© No Civilien 0 Possibly Astronomical
i -— te .
7. LENGTH OF OB3ERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RE PRR RE
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
é Hours One (1) Northeast 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Rie |

It was a spheriod, silver, small object, No

sound noted. The long period the object |

remained in sigsht plus the slow horizontal

speed, conforms with the criteria of a probablf

balloon,

NO CASE ON FIIE

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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