Los Angeles, CaliforniaNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 8, 1957, around 11:31 p.m. local time, military observers near Los Angeles, California reported a round white object the size of a dime. The sighting lasted more than 25 minutes and the object was still in sight when the report was made. The object was very bright and appeared about two miles high.

The object followed the coast line, zigzagging vertically and horizontally. The witnesses were Marines, and their reliability was listed as unknown. The sky was clear.

The officer of the day made a visual check after getting the report. He said he saw nothing unusual except what looked like a very bright star in the same direction. The Air Force concluded the object was astronomical, a star, and said it probably appeared to move due to atmospheric conditions. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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. os ; UFCB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOBZ537-57 |
I. DATE FG Nev J 7 2. LOCATION ‘ 12. CONCLUSIONS |
I 0 Was Ball
los Angedes, California a Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | & TYPE OF OBSERVATION Eth deeds
09/02312 Nov 57 R Cround-Visvsl 0 Ground-Rader 8 Probably Aiveroft
; 0 Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS + SOURCE I Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
# No | Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO i
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation ;
. Over 25 minutes | One | Seek below lh cag
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : :

One rownd white object the size of a dime. Deseription, duration, flight path
Object was seem about 2 miles high and south. | indicate that this sighting was a star.
Object was still in sight whem report was
made after having been seen for 25 minutes. | E

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