Van Nuys, CaliforniaFebruary 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On February 21, 1954, a glowing object was reported near Van Nuys, California. The sighting was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness described an object that fit the look of an airplane. At first it appeared to stand still. Then it moved nearer and descended to about 500 feet as it went away.

The Air Force concluded the object was probably aircraft. The file noted that an approaching aircraft can appear to stand still, and that the object showed a rapid descent and added speed, which is also typical of an airplane.

Reported location

Van Nuys, California

Date of incident

February 1954

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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I. DATE T |2 LOCATION | Tg 12. CONCLUSIONS | |
3 a irs Balloon : i
21° Feb 5k Vah Nuys, California D Probably Balloon E
3 a 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1° Teeny Saves ‘4
0  Wos Aircraft 4
WL Jette — ¥ Ground-Visuel O Ground-Rador CXXP robably Aireraft x
GMT 22/0700 a AinVisvel 0 Air-Intercept Radar OG Possibly Aircraft + 4
5. PHOTO OUR na O Was Astronomical 1
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
3 Ne ag O Possibly Astronomical }
"| 7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other ro
3 minutes two Manuvered West |o Ga a —_—_— ]
“[10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING oy 11. COMMENTS. Ye
Luminous objects, red in center, came Appeared to be aircrart. AR A
toward observer, circled, est speed - | co cor ene end a asin The SARE TERE
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957573