Los Angeles, Calif, July 1961July 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

In 1961, a civilian writer in the Los Angeles area reported a brief object sighting in a letter sent to a senior Air Force general. The reported event lasted only about half a second.

The Air Force found that the letter did not contain enough information to allow a reliable conclusion. Officials suggested sending the writer a standard questionnaire and asking follow up questions. These included how the half second duration was measured, whether the duration was the same for all sightings, and how many times the object was seen.

The Air Force also noted factors that affect such reports, such as aircraft altitude, wind, temperature, and the angles at which satellites cross lines of latitude. Because of the lack of detail, no firm conclusion was reached.

Reported location

Los Angeles, Calif, July 1961

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |* LOCATION | 12. COMCLUSIONS
| 0 Was Balloon
¢ L J ’ L {0 Probubly Balloon
3. DATE-TIMEGROUP = | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TT Tesem) Raieon
i i Mo : - r 0 Was Air=raft
- tw) ound-Y 0 Ground-Rade Be > " :
BE mE ab dmadiantisiaiin | Ground-VYisual round-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
1 CEE HE RR LE Ld CT RDI SYA OO AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE fof |o Was Astronomical
0 Yes { 1 Probably Astronomical
0 No ivili |o Possibly Astronomical
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9 LENGTH OF 085527 ATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Other RIE SE SS AT So ed
i | lo Insufficient Data for Evaluation
{ 0 Unknown
ho. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING ig! V : k COMMENTS Ur WON ) C |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993397