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Case FileNARA NAID 28999338 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Los Angeles, CaliforniaSeptember 1962

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 September 1962. The full case file (5 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 46.

Reported location

Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

September 1962

State / country

CA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
lage PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; ; 0 Wos Balloon
27 September 1962 Los Angeles, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF OBSERVATION BR bd i
bloc oo SOE Vise 0 Ground-Radar QO Probably Airerafe
omT___ 28/0 03 07 Qa Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
a Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
Ho Civilian [0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE REAR RA) Do BN
: X ¥Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
O Unknown
6 seconds one East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
White oval shape object observed to Object did not reflect light, wa
fly over mountains, Sun set but light | not self luminous, Pifficult to
still visible in West. Observer look-| guess at source of light. Had dull
ing away from sun to North, Flight finish, Was white. Moving at slo
straight & smooth. Object size of speed of 250 mph & disappeared over
dime. WX given as cloudless, temp 72 gr.//mountains in 6 seconds. Much
Motion ssraight & smooth, speed esti-| contradicting information @acluded
: mated at 250 mph, Object did not seem | in letter, Request for additional
self-luminous, had dull finish, did info was sent to witness(UFQ Fan)
not reflect light. but no reply received. Based on
duration & general appearance,
possible meteor sighting. Case
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) isted as insufficient data.
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