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Santa Monica, California, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Santa Monica, California
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 5August 1956 Santa Monica.California 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION D Was Aircraft DGround-Visuol Ground-Rodar 口 Probably Aircraft Local Possibty Aircraft 06/0642Z DAirVisuol DAir-lntercopr Radar x GMT. 口 Was Asironomical 6.SOURCE 5.PHOTOS 口 Probebiy Astronomicai OYas 口 Possibly Astronomica! Civilian (GoC) 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER CF OBJECTS 口 insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown one South three to five minutes 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Description of sighting meets the One round object w/ a trail.Color criteria for a jet aircraft with was red,blue,yellow,light.object a contrail.Evaluation of this was gaininr altitude and traveling sighting is possible aircraft. south.ohserver notiaed object oecausd of a lighttraveling s

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