Lakeport, Calif, July 1956July 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

The OCR text for this case file is too heavily degraded to support a reliable summary. While the index cards on pages 1 and 11 provide metadata, indicating two separate sightings, one in Lakeport, California in July 1956 and another in Seattle, Washington on July 23, 1956, the intervening pages contain garbled or illegible material that prevents accurate reconstruction of witness statements, investigation details, or findings beyond what appears on the cover sheets.

The full case file, comprising 11 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Lakeport, Calif, July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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DRE ATRL (LR ¢ Ah UFCB INDEX CARD AISS«~UF0B=393=56 3
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS BH
: 22 Jul 56 | Lakeport, Calif 0 Wes Balloon
O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION £5... noenitly Belicen
22/1300Z Jul 56 B Growd-Visvel 0 Ground-Rodor  |Q Ponies
0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireroft /, 4
5. PHOTOS It ) 8. SOURCE 2 4 Was Astronomical { tere [Ls
a r mic
Bro Oring) Tg LE ee
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE g Other
Three to four seconds Two | Westerly irs at Raaiegd
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : :
Two objects seen flying in a westerly dire This report was received by AF Form
ection, Ubjects were observed visually for 112 from Hqs WADF, A copy has been
3 «= Li seconds, forwarded inder separate cover.’ A
rastel drawing is also being forwarded
for your analysis,
This/sighting falls into category of
"Insufficient data for evaluation” due
to the shortness of length of time in
sight, BIER I
| |
| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)
2 3 !
4 |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966374