Los Angeles, CaliforniaMay 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On May 16, 1956, in Los Angeles, California, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was watched for about 20 minutes, and the observer used binoculars.

The object was delta shaped. It was red striped and flashing. It looked about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object stayed stationary the whole time. At one point the observers believed the object was a star.

The main witness was a 27 year old engineer for the Bendix company, and six others saw it too. The sky was clear with some high clouds. The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the sighting was astronomical in nature. The record noted the observers probably saw Venus, the brightest body in the sky.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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| Ge ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 ) 4 O Was Bolloon
; 16 May 1956 Los Angeles, California 0 Probably Bolloon
-— 2 ~~) _— "= In Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
| Fry PERT FSS RT SA XS Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar B od fad ARI
; CMT 17/0245Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
BE ONO ee TB BOURGES rT Re oe ol Be Wad Anteshomicsl VONRUS
; O Yes O Probably Astronomical
1 X¥ No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
a 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OCOMBPLAEtE ie)
! considered to be UFOB a Inauifichin Dota for Evaluation
for period of 20 mins one stationary :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING / 11. COMMENTS
One delta shaped object, red strip- There is no soubt that this
ped and flashing, the size of a pea sighting was astronomical in
: held at arm's length. The object nature, Note the admittance of
1 remained stationary at all times, the observers, the duration o&
At 0340Z the observers believed the the sighting, the colors involve
EF object to be a star, and the time of day. The observerns
Eo probably saw Venus as it is the
i brightest heavenly body in the
Eo sky and is especially "eye catch
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: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965641