Temple City, CaliforniaOctober 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On October 31, 1956, a civilian in Temple City, California reported seeing a yellowish orange object larger than a star. The object was extremely bright and remained motionless for three to five minutes, then moved east at slow speed. The light diminished and the object moved out of sight slowly. It was seen visually for five minutes total. A concerned officer wrote that the sighting was probably caused by aircraft exhaust. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Temple City, 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
31 October 1956

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local

GMT: 31/0230Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

2. LOCATION
Temple City, California

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
Air-Visual

Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
five minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
Easterly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round yellowish orange object, larger than a star. Object was extremely bright and for three to five minutes remained motionless. Then the light diminished and moved east at slow speed. Object was seen visually for five minutes.

- No Report in File.

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

11. COMMENTS
Concern w/writing officer that sighting was probably caused by a/c exhaust.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 20 SEP 52)

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