Lacanada, CaliforniaJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Lacanada, California in July 1955. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 23.

Reported location

Lacanada, California

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

; : , A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
a tn ew tras etree rene EN ———— tetas
ROWE en t——— 12. CONCLUSIONS |
no di i
12 Jul 55 La@anada y California a Brokelly Bdloon
3. DATETIMEGROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~~~ ~————|0 Possibly Balloon |
ROOT cil iio i is cig isis XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 5 Prubaly Keres |
GMT 13/0215, a : 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercapt Radar |! Possibly Airerakt |
: s. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Q Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
4 No civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other _______
ten minutes three (Due North) 8 hao Data for Evaluation
ff
| 10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
| Three round objs in a triangualr formation The local AC&W OFFICER is of
| appeared to be flying north in trail. The obsefver's opinon that observer saw high
| | attention wasattracted by a silver flash in the flying jet aircraft. This hqgs
| sky. a concurs.
|
|
| .
|
|
|
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
|
|
| '
|
|
|
|

/ 5

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962783

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

California Lacanada Lacanada, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-07-01