Encanto La Mesa, California, June 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-06
- Location
- Encanto La Mesa, 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Encanto 口 Was Balloon 13 June 1956 La Mesa, California 口 Prabably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 网XGround-Visual Ground.Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local X Probobly Aircraft 14/0411&0427Z D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Ys 口 Probobly Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XXNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-4 minutes one SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object oval, size of basketball, Probable a/c sighting. color incandescent.Seen 60 dgy / A/C above horizon, then faded out.Either circling in area or nearby this sight ing was made near San Diego destroyer base. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)
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