Santa Monica, CaliforniaAugust 1956

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Santa Monica, California in August 1956. The full case file (2 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 25.

Reported location

Santa Monica, California

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 August 1956

2. LOCATION
Santa Monica, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 06/0642Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes

6. SOURCE
Civilian (GOC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
three to five minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round object w/ a trail. Color was red, blue, yellow, light. Object was moving at altitude and traveling south. Observer noted object caused or a trail traveling south. Object was seen visibly for three to five minutes.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possible Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possible Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possible Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Description of sighting meets the criteria for a jet aircraft with a contrail. Evaluation of this sighting is possible aircraft.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966675

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R.T. JARVIS

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