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Van Nuys, Calif, July 1955

Date of account
1955-07
Location
Van Nuys, Calif
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 23Ju1 55 Van Nuys, Calif 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft .Local Ground-Visual 口 Probably Aircroft 24/0209Z GMT D Ai~Visual D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DiYes 口 Probably Astronomical civilian (GOC) 口 Possibly Astronomical XRNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown Ten to Fifteen Seconds Qne NtoS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One,eliptical, silver obj size of a nickel Daylight, sighting trend to rule out at arms length, was seen to travel southerly meteor. However there is not sufficient "faster than a jet." data for evaluation. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26SEP S2)

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