West of Los Angeles, Calif., March 1959March 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from West of Los Angeles, Calif., March 1959 in March 1959. The full case file (6 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 35.

Reported location

West of Los Angeles, Calif., March 1959

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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| : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD -
| a ——— a i ———— EEE ——————————— A SA ——— I ————— . ——————————— ——— -_
{ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Was Balloon
sbi Lkade Bd Nest flog Linge) AER Bh 1% the Bh O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
’ 0 Was Aircraft
Local Ama ——_—— A. O Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
TL AIA (RE Red oY FET 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
k S. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE a Was Astronomical 5 :
} 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
i OC No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
Hy A ———————————————epea |
! 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD DUDE icing eatin
| O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
FU # a 0 Unknown
35 - Wy) sacs [ie A — a
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS
ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982613

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-03-01