Santee, CaliforniaOctober 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On October 11, 1956, in Santee, California, two individuals reported seeing a round, brilliant white object the size of a pin at arm's length. The object moved very high in the sky from southwest to northeast. After 29 minutes of observation, the object appeared stationary. According to the investigator's comments, the object's movement and appearance were probably caused by a balloon. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

Santee, California

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
11 October 1956

2. LOCATION
Santee, California

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 12/0001Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian GOC

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
over 29 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
SW to NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round brilliant white object, the size of a pin at arm's length. Object was seen very high moving fm SW to NE. After 29 minutes in sight, object appeared stationary.

11. COMMENTS
Description & movement of the object indicate that this sighting was probably caused by a balloon.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967859