Pasadena, Calif, October 1955October 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 Pasadena, Calif, October 1955 in October 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

Pasadena, Calif, October 1955

Date of incident

October 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
23 Oct 55

2. LOCATION
Pasadena, Calif

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 24/0400Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
12 (or) 1 (?)

9. COURSE
B

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, white, shaped like a triangle. Obj passed through searchlights of Pasadena.

11. COMMENTS
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964051

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People

A.E. SANDERS

Organizations

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Project Blue Book

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