Tehachapi, CaliforniaOctober 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On October 28, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Tehachapi, California. The object was watched for about 25 minutes during daytime with good visibility.

The witness described one round silver object the size of a dime held at arm's length. It first stayed still at tree top level. It then moved south and slowly faded from view. It was seen with the eyes and through binoculars. The southerly movement did not match the prevailing winds, which were toward the east.

The Air Force noted the object was possibly a balloon and ruled out aircraft because of the long duration. Without wind information the case could not be firmly settled, so it was carried as insufficient data. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Tehachapi, 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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i : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
3 0 Wos Balloon |
| 28 Octobe H35 Tehachani, Californi: 0 Probably Belleon |
! 28 October 1956 | Tehachapi, California 0 Possibly Balloon !
{ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i , Vi ? 0 Was Aircroft
Local — | . B'Ground-Visual D Ground-Rador QO Probobly Aircraft |
; CMT_25/21027 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraht
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S. PHOTOS 18. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical ;
O Yes OD Probably Astronomicol
Xd Ne Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BEER il
OC Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
25 minutes ong south v ——
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
One roufid silver object, size of a dim Southerly movement not with
at arm's length. Object was stationary | prevailing winds (to East). liow-
at tree top level. Object was stationarnyever this does not rule ont hal-
then moved south and slowly disappeecred,loon. Object possibly balloon,
after having been observed visually & A/C ruled out dues to duration, Sight
through binoculars for 25 minutes, ing in daytime with good visibilitly.
fossible bHalloon but cannot conclube
: without wind ipformation., Insuffi-
ciemt data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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