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Case FileNARA NAID 28968443 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

W Los Angeles, CaliforniaNovember 1956

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from W Los Angeles, California in November 1956. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 26.

Reported location

W Los Angeles, California

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
56 W Los Angeles, California |O Probably Baleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
TP TRON 0. WUT WA AUR——. XDGround- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 5 Bry Rive vale |
GMT dawn 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Ro Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TI PRL
IX’ Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
0 Unknown
mir S5eC two circling
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ! : /
Two objects round, size of dime, Duration excessive for a/c.
changing colors, Objects resembled Some confusion as to disappear-
a star - sun blanked object out, Sighg-ance, both over hills and by being
ing at dawn, Objects disappeared over | blotted out with light from ris-
hills. Also, report indicates objects| ing sun, Insufficient data for
thought to be a/c. conclusion,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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