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Van Nuys, California, November 1956

Date of account
1956-11
Location
Van Nuys, 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 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Bolloon 口口 Probably Balloon 13 November 1956 Uan Nuys, California Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft XKGround-Visual Ground-Radar Local 口 Probably Aircraft 口 Possibly Aircraft 13/0940Z D AirVisual D Air-Intercept Radar GMT. 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical DYos 口 Possibly Astroromical BXO Civilian 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown one minute one vertical 11.COMMENTS 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Description indicates that this One orange object,shape of half a sighting was caused by a meteor. globe and the size of a dime at arm's Probably some overestimation on length.object dropped vertically with a bright flash. Object was observed///duration. visually for one minute. ATIC FORM 329(

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