Ventura, CaliforniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Ventura, California. The object was watched for about three minutes.

The witness described a missile shaped object with a long body, red wings, and a silver body. It had a pointed nose. The object made a very short, tight turn. Radar operators reported no aircraft in the area at the time, and no fighters were sent up. One radar director said he believed it was not an aircraft.

Because the first report had little detail, the Air Force sent a follow up form to the witness on November 5, 1956. The case was listed as insufficient data while results were awaited. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Ventura, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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ade PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : | |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Ball
1 November 1956 Ventura, California [&] Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Batleon |
toeol |  BoBround-Viedl O Ground-Rodor 8 poe heal |
emt _02/0010Z O Ain Visvel O Air-Intercopt Rader | © Possibly Aircraft |
S. O Was Astronomicol |
0 Yes " O Probably Astronomicol
XA Neo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE DUO
p 4 come ut Dete for Evaluation
three minutes : one unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One missile shaped object with red Due to scanty information on’
wings and a silver body. Object had a initial report, ATIC Form 164 was
very short radius of turn, Object was | sent to source on 5 Nov 56, Results
seen visually for three minutes, of analysis of returned form will
: be indicated in monthly UFOB
3 summary, Insufficient Data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) SR A RA
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968151