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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070687

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONPasadena California

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1. DATE

6 September 1556
3. DATE-TimE GROUP

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5. PHOTO:
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

thirty seconds
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

One rovtnd, gray object,
pea at arm's length, Object moved E.
to Won a straight line into the

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balloon
Probably Bolleon
Possibly Belloon

Wos Aircraft
Probebly Aireraft
XPossibly Aircreft

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomicel
Possibly Astronomical

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Insufficient Date fer Evaluction
Unknown

Pasadena, California
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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11. COMMENTS
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Sighting indicate the possibility
of an aircroft.

size of a

clouds. Object was observed visually
through banoculars for thirty mins,

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1. DATE . 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Belloon
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 4 EEE
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41 minutes one E to W
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Jyne round object, size of dime. Color Venus at 20 dgr elevation in W.
metallic white. Object in orbit (moved Probably error in elevation as ob.
from East’ to West). Object in same reported to disappear behind trees.
2eSition at 45 dgr elevatim in west at All indications are that object
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’ Case 210, Pasadena, Cal. Sept. 6, 1956—The Los An-
geles' Tirmee reported that members of the Air Force and

the GOC spotted a strange light which moved erratically
in the night sky for 47 minutes. According to the Times,
lst Lt. Mark Matlock of the Air Defense Command
said, “Pasadena police had many calls from people who
saw it. So did we. Our first call was from a Western
Air Lines pilot. I hurried to the roof of our building and
saw a white light in the sky. It was moving slowly north-
west. It kind of paused and jerked in flight and then
would snake along. I knew it wasn’t a conventional air-
craft.” ».. Finally two jets were scrambled.’
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