Los Angeles, Calif, September 1955September 1955

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, September 1955 in September 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Los Angeles, Calif, September 1955

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
4 Sep 55

2. LOCATION
Los Angeles, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 05/0320Z

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
not reported

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
unk

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Light, white beam, stationary, faded out of sight.

11. COMMENTS
(Rpting believes obj poss acft)
Insufficient data for evaluation.

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

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963522

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People

civilian

Organizations

27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB 665TH ACVRON AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HOTRS USAF WASHINGTON

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Los Angeles Los Angeles, Calif