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Case FileNARA NAID 28975228 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Los Angeles, CaliforniaNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

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 November 1957. The full case file (4 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 31.

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 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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; J 1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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[ 25 November 1957 Los Angeles, California 0 Probably Balloon
i ooo V9 1 L05 abgeles, California 00 1% Possibly Balloon {
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
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| hl Se ee a XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar C1 Probehbly Aircrof?
; GMT 25/1957 0 Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
ko 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
Q Yes 0 Prabably Astronomical
] *D-No Civilian | 0 Possibly Astronomical
: a RR RE a EE RT RR eee eee
4 7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EO OF REE Ed a a
{ 0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
J Si A: 00 Unknown
BB eee 0 bone on LF esatdepary FT 0
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
gE Object with appearance of 12" signal Possibly a balloon rising directly ;
Bo light on ship, size of a pin, white, overhead,
B alternating to red every 15 seconds,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975228

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