Santa Monica, Calif., September 1952September 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 12, 1952, at 3:17 p.m., an unidentified object was sighted near Santa Monica, California. A civilian witness at a radio company reported seeing the object in a northwesterly direction from Santa Monica. The object was white and bright, exhibiting intense light. It traveled at a high rate of speed at approximately 1,500 feet altitude and disappeared in a southwesterly direction. The shape and size were not determined. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

Santa Monica, Calif., September 1952

Date of incident

September 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10373 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 Sep 52

2. LOCATION
Santa Monica, Calif.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
1517 PDT

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
[illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
EN

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
White color. Light shape.

11. COMMENTS
[illegible]

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

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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