Van Nuys, California, March 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-03
- Location
- Van Nuys, California
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 15 March.1956 yan Nuys, California 口 Probobly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION RxPossibtyBalloon Local KGround-Visual Ground-Redar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobiy Aircraft GMT. 15/2345Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Wos Astronomical DYes 口 ProboblyAstronomico! Civilian （GoC) 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 15 minutes stationary 口 Unknown ouo 10.BRIEF SUMMARYOF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object, the size of a pen This sighting was possibly held at arms length,silver in color, generated by a balloon.The appeared to be stationary directly color and course are those overhead. of a balloon. ATIC FORM329(REV26SEP52)
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