Linda Vista, CaliforniaNovember 1956

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 Linda Vista, California in November 1956. The full case file (3 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 26.

Reported location

Linda Vista, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 9 November 1956
2. LOCATION: Linda Vista, California
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for various options]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 1300 PST / Zulu 10/03002

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual [checkboxes] / Air-Visual [checkboxes] / Ground-Radar [checkboxes] / Air-Intercept Radar [checkboxes]

5. PHOTOS: Yes / [illegible]
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: still in sight
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: two
9. COURSE: [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Two objects - shape of star - size of dime, color changing red, green, blue, and white.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient Data.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968241

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