Long Beach California, November 1957November 1957

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Summary

On November 6, 1957, a witness at Long Beach, California, reported one object in the sky. The sighting was a ground visual observation. The object was still in sight at the time of the report after being seen for about 10 minutes.

The object was round, bright, and gleaming blue and orange, about the size of a nickel. It moved slowly toward the west.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a balloon, based on the description, duration, and flight path.

Reported location

Long Beach California, November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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I. DATE Pier 59 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS |
) *-Jmr58 Long each 0 Wos Balloon
Be b California g Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
07/08572 Now 57 # Ground-Visuel 0 Ground-Rador GQ Probably Aiverats
O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircroft
: S. PHOTOS . SOUR E (®] Was Astronomical
O Yes QO Probably Astronomical
No Civils : O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o Other |
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Ten minutes at time of re- o UMNews ch |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ‘ y |
One round bright and gleaing blue and Deseription, duration, flight path |
orange object the size of a nickel.  Gbject indicate that this sighting was protdly |
was seen moving west slowly. Object was caised by a balloon. ; |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974006