San Fernando, CaliforniaFebruary 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On February 6, 1956, at 7:21 a.m., a civilian witness in San Fernando, California reported observing one unidentified object. The object was circular with a pinhead at arm's length, yellowish white like a light bulb. It traveled northeast to southwest at 500 knots at an altitude of 3 to 5 thousand feet. The sighting lasted 10 seconds. Visibility was 10 miles with slight haze and scattered clouds at 3,000 feet. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably an aircraft.

Reported location

San Fernando, California

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 February 1956

2. LOCATION
San Fernando, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
0A 07/0215Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
northeast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Circular shape of pinhead at arm's length. Yellowish white like a light bulb. Heading SW to NE at 500 knots 3-5,000 ft.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[X] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Probable a/c sighting.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964806