Scattered points In S.Cal fm Los Angeles to San Diego, June 1956June 1956

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Summary

On June 29, 1956, observers reported one object at scattered points in southern California, from Los Angeles to San Diego. The witnesses included Air Force, Navy, and civilian observers. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for about 2 hours, beginning around 6:10 p.m.

The object was round, sometimes irregular, and about the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. It appeared silvery, white, and rosy. At times it seemed to oscillate. As the sun set, the object appeared to turn a rose color. It stayed in the same general position throughout the sighting. F3D aircraft tried to intercept it without success because of its extreme altitude.

The Air Force noted a balloon release in the area and a notice that warned of a balloon near Ontario, California. Weather checks found another balloon of unknown origin in the area. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, concluded the sighting was caused by a balloon.

Reported location

Scattered points In S.Cal fm Los Angeles to San Diego, June 1956

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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si PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Yin?
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| Scattered points in S.Cal |x Wos Bolloon
29 June 1956 fm Los Angdes to San Diego [0 Probably Balloon
Wel uEDRl (h TIPECEGRGERVATION. © |2 feseibly Baise |
Ay EE HE OS To 83:6round- Visual $Eround-Radar 4 4 alah GRR
omt30/0110Z-6330 Bir Visual XXAir-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XTX No | AF, Navy, Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION - NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 OBL catia lade
3 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown |
approx 2 hours one stationar : |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING k 11. COMMENTS dr |
One round (sometimes irregular) obj ‘Concur with the opinion of the {
the size of a pinhead held at arms rpting officers that this sight-
length, appeared silvery, white and ing was caused by a balloon, All
rosy. AL times the object appearsd to] facets of these sightings could |
oscillate and as the sun set ithe obj [not better fit a balloon hypothe- |
2¢t appeared to become a rose color. | sis. Not only was balloon release
| The object remained in the same lin that area but a NOTAM had been
| general position throughout the entire /sent by the Ontario, Calif aprt
| 2 hour sighting, F3D's tried inter- [about a balloon in the area at th :
ception with succes due to extreme | time, Check w/ADC WX revealed ths
altitude of object. | there was also a balloon(origin
| | unknown) plotted & of the aeea fey
| » » 2) This ] od
ATIC FORM 328 (REV 26 SEP 52) toward area of sighting. :
CORREARRAT RS Sis Bian n a 4

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966034