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Long Beach, California, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
Long Beach, 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 Wos Balloon 6 Novembor 1957 Long Beach, California 口 Probably Bolloon ax Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XxGround. Vi sual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local. Probably Aircraf! GMT- 07/0657Z Ai~Visuol Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical a'Yos 口 Probably Astronomicol OKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 10 minutest one west 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round bright object, size of nickel, Except for the fact that the glowing blue & orange. observer states the object moved to the west, the characteristics are of a balloon. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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