Winchester, CaliforniaJune 1956

Unidentified

Summary

On June 10, 1956, near Winchester, California, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The object was in view for about 2 minutes.

The object was disk shaped and about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. Its color was white to a light pink. It was seen about 10 degrees above the horizon in the west. The object moved in a straight line, then made a very fast 180 degree turn and faded out.

The witness was 35 years old. The sky was clear with unlimited visibility. The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the object was probably an aircraft. The card noted the duration, maneuvers, and flight were consistent with that analysis.

Reported location

Winchester, California

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
lo Was Balloon
10 e 1956 Winchester, California |0 Resbbhly galleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION LL
| 10 pa A RN SR x% Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar d Brakebly Kirersht
g MT 11/06087Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Rador DO Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS EE TRUBUOROB rr ee AS Wak ARs RsmiEs)
; DO Yes O Probably Astronomical
| XU No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (« JA C7 AE eA EATERS
i 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
g 3 0 Unknown
] 2 minutes one unknown :
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
2 One disk shaped object size of a half| Probable a/c-duration, maneuvers
i dollar. Color white to a light pink, and flight consistent with this
Eo seen 10 dgr above horizon. Moved in analysis,
i a straight line then made fast 180dgr
; turn & faded cut,
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965847