Los Angeles, CaliforniaSeptember 1956

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 September 1956. The full case file (2 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 26.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 11 September 1956
2. LOCATION: Los Angeles, California
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Level ___ GMT 12/0630Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: XS Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar (not checked), Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar (not checked)
5. SOURCE: Civilian
6. [illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: one minute
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: southwest

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round bright white object, size of a parachute at arm's length. Object was moving on a level flight path, and disappeared out of sight in the SW. Object was viewed visually for one minute.

11. COMMENTS: Shape, size, color, duration & manner of disappearance indicate that sighting was possibly caused by an a/c.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967528

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Organizations

CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO COMDR 27 ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF COMDR 559 ACWRON PORHUE CALIF COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO DIR TF INTELL HQ USAF WASH 25 DC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, California

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

11 September 1956 12/0630Z 1956 1956-09-01

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