Los Angeles, CaliforniaMay 1955

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 Los Angeles, California in May 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 18 May 1955
2. LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local / GMT 19/0530Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: XR Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar / Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes / No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 4 or 5 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, red 30 dgr elevation in northwest. Bright glow given off.
11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data.
12. CONCLUSIONS: Probably Balloon / Probably Aircraft / Possibly Aircraft / Was Astronomical / Probably Astronomical / Possibly Astronomical / Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962130

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