Los Angeles, CaliforniaJuly 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On July 16, 1956, in Los Angeles, California, a civilian reported one object at about 11:00 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for several minutes.

The object was round and red. Its size was unknown. At first the witness thought it was a blimp. It then became a ball of fire and disappeared. A control tower account placed the object at about 2,000 feet, moving in a southeasterly direction about seven or eight degrees above the horizon, at a blimp-like pace. A check showed no blimp or plane in the area at the time.

The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, concluded that a lack of sufficient data prevented an accurate analysis.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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FIRTH abla a Lye Eis hive Bla ERE Cl Bt AO SAINT SUH OE CRIT = aus) ¢ "a - » -
b F. DATE ‘12. LOCATION |12. CONCLUSIONS i

| JC |o Was Balloon

AF July 1956 los Angeles, California O Probably Balloon

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

J XXGround- Visual DO Ground-Rador g BAY Meets

| 17/06002 Jul 56 0 Air Visual A Ailes Rtum |C BesuBly Bircrots

j 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

a Yes o Probably Astronomi cal

B No Ci: be Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ’ NUMBER OF CBJECTS | 9. COURSE L SIREN IE

; Insufficient Data for Evaluation

3 O Unknown

Several Mirmtes One (1) Unknown

3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [4] COMMENTS

i | Cne (1) round object, red, sime unknown, | Concur with the reporting officer that

4 at first thought blimp, Became ball of fire | lack of sufficient data precludes

| | and disappeared. accurate analysis.

|
: AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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