Reseda, CaliforniaApril 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 5, 1957, a civilian at Reseda, California, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was a cigar shaped core about the size of a DC-6 aircraft at 1,000 to 1,500 feet, surrounded by an elliptical golden glow about one and a half times as long as it was wide.

The core was about five times brighter than the outer glow and was a yellow, flickering color. The object showed no details, no sound, no trail, and no exhaust. It was first seen in the west by northwest at about 60 degrees elevation. It stayed mostly still, and what little movement it made was toward the observer. It disappeared suddenly, like a light being switched off, after three to five minutes.

The witness later wrote to the Air Force and was interviewed by a special agent. The Air Force noted the time of day was not included and there were no other reports from the area that date. The case was listed as insufficient data, with the card raising the possibility of an aircraft approaching the observer.

Reported location

Reseda, California

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10673 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
8 i i 2 Yas Balloon
B April 1957 Reseda, California |g BIShaRY Rolioan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon Ee
Fp J O Wos Aircraft
iro Le Pra a A i SO Tr Ground- Visual 0 Cround-Radar a Probably Aircrofy
GMT not reported Q Air Visuo O Air-lntercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft {
! 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
; ; 0 Yes J Probably Astronomical |
Ne Civilian 0 Passibly Astronomical
; 17. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Tale oRpes beets |
OK Xnsufficiont Data for Evaluntion
ee 2 : 0 Unknown
3-5 minutes one stationary | al REE Did
! 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cigar shaped cone size of DC-6 at 1000 | Insufficient data for evaluation. |
~1500 ft observed in a stationary posi-| Time of day not included. No J
tion, If object moved it was toward Other reports from this area on
observer. Object surrounded by ellipti-| this date. Possible a/c approach-
cal light 1 1/2 times as long as wide, | ing ODSCLVEY 4 eee einstein ©
Color was golden. Core was 5X brighter 2m J ! RD isil a”
b than outer portion. Color of core yellow = ..: 8.3% 5 Ur
flickering. No details, no sound, no ae aged 5 z 3 °. ERG
trail, no exhaust. Object in WNW portioh ™* = J Bo i Sa .
of sky at 60 dgr elevation. Disappeared +. ~~ | pg” € St
like turning out light. : we Z = Siete
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