South Laguna, CaliforniaJanuary 1957

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Summary

On January 16, 1957, in South Laguna, California, a civilian observer reported seeing two or three objects in the sky around 5:13 p.m. The objects appeared suddenly, brightened, dimmed, and disappeared over a period of one to two minutes. They were viewed visually and through binoculars very low on the horizon in a west-southwest direction. According to comments on the record, the sighting was concurrent with a naval aircraft practicing night landing exercises on aircraft carriers in the area. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

South Laguna, California

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE
16 January 1957

DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 17/0213Z

PHOTOS
Yes
No

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
One to two minutes

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two or three objects, seen one at a time, seemingly one at a time, appeared, brightened, dimmed, and disappeared. Objects were seen visually and through binoculars very low on the horizon in the WSW for 1 to 2 minutes.

2. LOCATION
South Laguna, California

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

6. SOURCE
Civilian (GOC)

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two or three

9. COURSE
see below

12. CONCLUSIONS
Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Wes Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Wes Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evolution
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Concur with Reporting Officer that sighting was probably caused by naval aircraft practicing night landing exercises on aircraft carriers in the area.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968836