PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6788676

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONSanta Monica California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
5 August 1956 Santa Monica. California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Local_ Ground-Visucl Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 06/0642Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probebly Astronomical
ONo OWo Civilian_(GOC) Civilian (GOC) Passibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER 9. 9. COURSE 00 0 Other_
0 Insufficient insufficient Data for Data for Evaluotion
Unknown
three to five minutes three to five minutes one South I
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 111. COMMENTS
One round object a trail. Color trail. Color Deseription of sighting meets the
was was red, blue, yellow, light, Obgect red, blue, yellow, light, Obgect criteria for a jet aircraft with
was gaining altitude and traveling gaining altitude and traveling a contrail. Evaluation of this
south. Ohsirver south. Ohserver not. lued object becausd loed object brcausd sighting is possible aircraft. sighting is possible aircraft.
of a licht travelin of a licht travelin south in the skyJ
Object ws seen-visually for three to Object ws seon-visually for thrae to
five minutes.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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$44-N
TWitin -6 AUG195614
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JEDWP H046 WPG008 YDB650 XYA120 XDB027JDA056JEE602
RR RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJEDEN
DE RJWPJB 2E
R 0616002
FM COMDR 669 ACWRON PORHUE CALIF
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFE COLO
RJWPJB/COMDR 27 ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB AFB OHIO
INFO RJEPHQ/DI INFO RJEPHQ HQHUSAF HQHUSAF WASH 25 DC
BT
UNCLAS
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NONE. E. GAINING ALTITUDE F. 3 TO 5 MINUTES. 3. A. GROUND VISUAL.
B.N/A.C.N/A.4.A. ES/E642Z. B. NIGHT. 5. BE3302 CMM SIGHTED IN
VENICE AND CALLED T SANTA MONICA GOC POST PD 6. CMM
CMM SANTA MONICA CMM GR 24263 CMM
OF SANTA MONICA GOC POST PD 7. A. CLEAR. B. WEST. C.
UNLIMMITED. D. UNRESTRICTED. E. NONE. F. N/A. 8. N/A 9. N/A. 10.
TRAFFIC IN AREA UNKNOWN PD 11. CHECKED ALL POSSIELE SOURCES HAVING
INFO ON THIS SIGHTING WITH NEG RESULTS PD DIRECTOR ON DUTY CMM R.T.
JARVIS CMM 2ND LT USAF CMM AO 3039755 PD 12. N/A PD END
BT
£6/16E5Z AUG RJWPJB