Pasadena, CaliforniaSeptember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On September 6, 1956, an observer in Pasadena, California reported one round, gray object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object moved from east to west in a straight line and went into the clouds.

The object was watched with the eye and through binoculars. The card gives the length of observation as about thirty seconds in one place and thirty minutes in another. The Air Force comment said the straight flight path and the duration pointed to the possibility of an aircraft. The conclusion was possibly aircraft.

Reported location

Pasadena, California

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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4 Th PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: fi 0 Wos Balloon
6 September 15586 Pasadena, California O Probably Belleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION PURI T—
O Woes Aircraft
GM 06/08107Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor BXPossibly Airerelt
5. P . O Wes Astronomicel
O Yes O Probably Astrenomicel
X XQ Ne Civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD DU mem ——-
O Insufficient Date for Evalueotion
; : 0 Unknown
thirty seconds ne E to ¥
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One rond, gray object, size of a Straight flight path & duration o
pea at arm's length, GCbject moved I. sighting indicate the possibility
to W on a straight line into the of an aircraft. :
clouds, Object was observed visually %
through ba&noculars for thirty mins,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967472