Lakeport, CaliforniaJuly 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On July 22, 1956, near Lakeport, California, a civilian reported two objects. It was a ground visual sighting. The objects were observed for three to four seconds.

The two objects were seen flying in a westerly direction. A drawing was made. The case file noted little other detail.

The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the sighting was of meteors.

Reported location

Lakeport, California

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
foils ea b 0 Vas Balloon
22 July 1956 Lakeport, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloen
Bed eo XX Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Redar 5 Real VS |
} : A A ! {
er AR ba) ) EAA (n] Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft {
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0x Was Astronomical et one
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical i
“DiNo Drawing Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Co) RO SA nS |
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation {
0 Unknown : i
three to four secs two westerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING HE COMMENTS |
Two objects seen flying in a westerly| Meteor Sightings.
direction, Objects were observed vis-|
ually for 3-4 seconds, | |
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ATIC FORM 220 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Yee TA ASL Ep BER AA EE SAUTE f
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966372