Van Nuys, CaliforniaMarch 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On March 15, 1956, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member at Van Nuys, California, reported one object at 1545 (3:45 p.m.). The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object was round and about the size of a pea held at arm's length. It was silver and appeared to stand still directly overhead. The sighting lasted about 15 minutes. The sky was clear with unlimited visibility.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly a balloon. The record said the color and course matched those of a balloon. No interception was made and no further reports came in.

Reported location

Van Nuys, California

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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g : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE A OC AEICN EL a ER OL CONCLUSIONS: |
; 3 Was Balloon
: CAME Ge Val Nuve, Galidernia lo.  [R Blcheny Daljeon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Begtoasitly Batioon
; A Si 0 Was Aircraft
Local re ee 2M Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Redar Gt Branly Alvcran
; oMT__19/23452 2 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft ! !
. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
p 0 Yes 0 Probokly Astronomical
4 Ho Civilian (GOL) OQ Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE  |D ,Other———
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15 minutes one | stationary | no
: 10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 23 oT A BT
One round object, the size of a pen This sighting was possibly
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965170