Los Angeles, CaliforniaJuly 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 10, 1957, in Los Angeles, California, a civilian husband observed a round object about the size of a half dollar with the color and brightness of a star. Using binoculars, the object looked like a soap bubble. It moved slowly away and grew smaller in distance over 30 minutes. The husband noted the object when he started work at 20th Century Fox, positioned approximately 45 degrees toward Malibu Beach initially and then 30 degrees toward Malibu Beach. The observation occurred from dawn to daylight. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 10 July 1957
2. LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 10/13007
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 30 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: [blank]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object round, size of 1/2 dollar, color as a bright star. With binoculars looked like a soap bubble. Object slowly moved away, grow smaller in distance. WX balloons in area.
11. COMMENTS: Probably balloon sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970470