Van Nuys, CaliforniaJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 24, 1955, in Van Nuys, California, a civilian reported one elliptical, silver object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. It traveled to the south, described as faster than a jet. The sighting lasted about ten to fifteen seconds.

The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer that there was not enough data to evaluate the sighting.

Reported location

Van Nuys, California

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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| I DATS 73 4 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Woes Balloon
E- July 1955 Van Nuys, California O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP : 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION fall tel hob
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GMT 092 Jul ss 0 Air Visual "0 Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHPTOS : 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes : = O Probably Astronomical
Ne Bi Civilian (adc) D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 3 dL ne PRA ERA ARPA TOR
| Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Ten to Fifteen Seconds one (1) N to 8 Se |
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9 8 no ient data for evale
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962934