Long Beach, CaliforniaMarch 1954

Unidentified

Summary

In 1954, a round object was reported over Long Beach, California. The sighting was made from the ground during the day. There was one object, and it moved to the south. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described the object as round, clear and shiny, and reflective, moving slowly.

The Air Force concluded the object was a balloon and noted that nothing in the report conflicted with that analysis.

Reported location

Long Beach, California

Date of incident

March 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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pd oy PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Wes Bell
Long Beach, California Probebl y Balloon
3. DATE-TING OROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVA 0 Possibly Belloon
Loco! XXGround- Vi sel O Ground-Reder 2 = a y
1 17/21252 DAY ‘OAIrViwd © O Airintercopt Roder |O Possibly Airerelt
URC! O Wes Astrenemicel
dh 1
O Possibly Astrenemicel
6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other |
O Insufficient Dete for Evelustion |
one South " Si
BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Round object - clear and shiny, reflective - Balloon description. Nothing not in
slov movement - 70 deg diameter accord vith this analysis. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957921