Woodland Hills, CaliforniaAugust 1957

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Summary

On August 14, 1957, at 3:04 a.m., a civilian in Woodland Hills, California reported a very large, long object twice the size of an aircraft with white coloring and two lights appearing as one unit with dark space between them. The object moved from southeast to northwest in a circular path, then back toward the southeast, continuing clockwise. When it reached the west, four bright flashes lasting one to two seconds each were observed. The object then climbed at 15 degrees until it reached the northwest, where it climbed vertically, leveled off, and continued in a circular path until it disappeared in the southeast. The Air Force evaluation is unknown.

Reported location

Woodland Hills, California

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

CA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 August 1957

2. LOCATION
Woodland Hills, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 15/0430Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XD Ground-Visual  Ground-Radar
   Air-Visual      Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
maneuvered
SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very large, long object, twice as large as a/c, white, 2 lights appearing as one unit with dark space between. There were four bright flashes, each of 1 to 2 seconds duration.

12. CONCLUSIONS
   Was Balloon
   Probably Balloon
   Probably Aircraft
   Was Aircraft
   Probably Aircraft
   Possibly Aircraft
   Not Aircraft
   Not Aircraft
   Probably Astronomical
   Possibly Astronomical
   Other
   Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Everything in description of object suggests a/c.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971174