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Case FileNARA NAID 28976567 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Los Angeles, Calif., January 1958January 1958

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, Calif., January 1958 in January 1958. The full case file (3 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, Calif., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 Jan 58

2. LOCATION
Los Angeles, Calif.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 07/2100Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual - Ground-Radar
__ Air-Visual - Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
__ Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
X Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

9. COURSE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rd#, Silver obj, size of pen. Obj appeared to rise changing shape. I'm rnd to disoriented, then disappeared.

11. COMMENTS
The description is characteristic of a balloon.

ATSC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976567

Connected across the archive

People

Civilian

Organizations

ATSC

Places

Los Angeles, Calif.

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

07/2100Z19581958-01-017 Jan 58

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