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Los Angeles, California, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Los Angeles, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 16 May 1956 Los Angeles,California 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local XkGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft 17/0245Z GMT D AirVisual D Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE BXWas Astronomical Venus Yes 口 Probably Astronomicai XNo Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomicai 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. considered to be UFOB 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown for period of 20 mins one stationary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One delta shaped object, red strip- There is no soubt that this ped and flashing, the size of a pea sighting was astronomical in held at arm's length. The object nature. Note the admittance of remained stationary at all times. the observers, the duration d At

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