Pasadena, CaliforniaMarch 1957

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Summary

On March 23, 1957, civilian and military witnesses at Pasadena, California, reported a single object at night. The Ground Observer Corps was on duty during the sighting. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was round and bright red and looked about the size of a grapefruit at arm's length, with white flashes shooting out.

The object was estimated at four to five thousand feet altitude. It moved on a westerly course and disappeared in the west after about 14 minutes. Between 50 and 75 people reported the sighting to the Pasadena police. A light plane was seen passing under the object. The sky was clear with winds calm.

The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer and concluded the sighting was probably caused by the exhaust glow of a passing aircraft. The evaluation given was probably aircraft.

Reported location

Pasadena, California

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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F - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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tL. DATE { 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
J: . x | ; \ EY Cl Wos Balloon
23 March 19357 pasadena, California 0 Probably Balleon
; ——— ero IO Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
j : § O Was Aircraft )
pthc XEround- Visual D Ground-Radar CX XProbably Aircraft
gl GMT 4/0 71207 (Ey 0 Air Visual O Air-lntarcept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft :
4 5. PHOTOS 3 4. SOURCE Oo Was Astronomicol
0 Yes : ; 0 Probably Astronomical
Et No Civilian & Military B TRER Ange oa
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERYATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE i ORs lipaticr i Bn a |
i 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Fi ; : : 0 Unknown
14 minutes one Westerly ERE
¢ 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ° : Fa {a
: One vound bright red object the size of] Concur with Reporting Officer nid
pe a grapefruit at arm's length. Object that this sighting was probably
appearad to have whites flales shooting caused hy exhaust glow of a
out, Cbject was estimated &t four to passing a/c, |
: five thousand feet alt and moving
fl (westerly. Object disappeared in the : :
3 West,
iY ATIC ¥ORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969393