San Diego, CaliforniaNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 5, 1957, a civilian in San Diego, California reported observing a round object with red, green, and white lights for one and a half hours. The object moved left to right, up and down. The witness said the object was in the direction of Aldebaran at an elevation of 20 degrees. According to the record, a senior controller named Captain Brown of USAF stated the witness first saw the object on Friday, November 1, 1957 when it was cloudy, and again on Tuesday, November 5 in the same location. The witness used a TV antenna to sight the object and claimed that in 1 and a half hours the lights rose about 15 to 20 degrees. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

San Diego, California

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 November 1957 | San Diego, California | [X] Was Balloon
 | | [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [ ] Possibly Balloon
Lceal | [X] Ground-Visual | [ ] Was Aircraft
0530-2357 | [ ] Air-Visual | [X] Probably Aircraft
 | [ ] Ground-Radar | [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | [ ] Air-Intercept Radar | [X] Was Astronomical
[ ] Yes | | [ ] Probably Astronomical
[X] No | 6. SOURCE | [ ] Possibly Astronomical
 | Civilian | [ ] Insufficient Information
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [ ] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
 | | | [ ] Unknown
1.5 hours | one | East |

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS

Round, size of pea, red, green and | Aldebaran was in the direction in
white light. Moved left to right, up | which the observer was looking at
and down. | an elevation of 20 degrees and is
 | believed to be the object under
 | observation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973241