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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787017

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONLos Angeles California

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1 UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-193-56
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
12 0 Was Balloon
i Jaly 1956 Loa Angeles, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
17/06002 3a156 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys Ys 000 Probably Astronomical
No No Civilian PossiblyAstronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF CBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE Other
co Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
Several Mimutes Several Mimutes One (1) One (1) Unknoum Unknowm
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING T. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cne(1) round One(1)round object, red, sise red, sisa unknown, Coneur with the reporting Coneur with the reporting officer that
at first thought blimp. Became ball of fire ball of fire lack of sufficient data precludes precludes
and disappeared. accurate analysis.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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Case 167, Los Angeles, Cal., July 16, 1956-We quote from
the Los Angeles Examiner, as follows: A mysterious light that
glowed brilliantly in the sky before it disappeared in a sud-
den blaze touched off hundreds of calls to police from resi-
dents in the southwestern area. Workers at the control tower
at the International Airport estimated the altitude of the
strange object at about zooo ft. They said it emitted a strong
reddish glow similar to the red nose light on a Constellation.
As seen from the tower, the light moved in a southeasterly
direction, about seven or eight degrees above the horizon. The
tower couldn't estimate its speed, but said it moved at a blimp-
like pace. A check, however, showed there was no blimp or k, however, showed there was no blimp or
plane in the area at the time. The light was visible for about
four minutes from I1:oz p.m., on. Then it suddenly blazoned four minutes from I1:o2 p.m., on. Then it suddenly blazoned
forth in an orange glow and vanished from sight. *2