NAS, North Island, Calif., July 1956July 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 2, 1956, at 3:01 a.m., a military pilot at Naval Air Station North Island, California, reported sighting one object with a teardrop shape and tapered end at the bottom. The object was silver in color, about the size of a silver dollar, and appeared to have ropes hanging down. The sighting was accidental and showed very little movement. The object remained in sight for about two hours until darkness fell. Four aircraft attempted to reach the object but failed. Second Lieutenant J.A. Maytor, director of the 751st AC&W Squadron, concluded the object was a balloon.

Reported location

NAS, North Island, Calif., July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   2 July 1956                   NAS, North Island, Calif.      [] Was Balloon
                                                                  [X] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP             4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [] Possibly Balloon
   Local                        [] Ground-Visual                 [] Was Aircraft
   GMT 03/0110Z                [X] Air-Visual                   [] Probably Aircraft
                                [] Ground-Radar                  [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                      [] Air-Intercept Radar
   [] Yes                                                        [] Was Astronomical
   [X] 20                     6. SOURCE                         [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                 [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION      Military (pilot)                 [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   2 hours                                                      [] Unknown
   still in sight            8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
                                one               unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                    11. COMMENTS
    One object teardrop shaped-tapered           Description conforms with
    end at bottom - size of silver                balloon sighting.
    dollar, color whitish silver, appeared
    to have ropes hanging down - accidental
    sighting - very little movement.
    Four a/c attempted to reach object
    with negative results. Sighting from
    03/0110Z until darkness (about 2 hrs).

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966082