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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6959109

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONGardena California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUS.UNS ;
} DD Wes Balloon
16 June 1957 Gardena, California O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GO Possibly Bolloon
O Was Aircroft |
Local 2D Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Redor CG Probably Aireroft
om716/2130Z 0 Ai- Visuel 0 Air-Intercept Rador G Possibly Aircroft
OYes O Probably Astronomical
O Ne Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE © Other = tie
OD Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
: ‘ A O Unknown
Line mints one moving up
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Tl. COMMENTS |
One small round shiny object the size] Description, ration, fli
of a half dollar at arm's length. path indicate that this sighting
Object was moving up and ort of was ca dt. : 2on. No
si¢cht. Object was seen visually for atte vill to obtain
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1. As ROUND. Be HALF DOLLAR. Ceo SHINY. De ONE Es NO FORMATION.
F, SMALL ROUND OBJECT. Ge NONE H. NONE I. NONE.

2, Ae LOOKING UP NOTICED OBJECT. Be. ELEVATION 55 DEGREES. 250
DEGREES AZIMUTH. Ce. ELEVATION 35 DEGREES. 259 DEGREES AZIMUTH.
De MOVING UP. E~ CONTINUED UP OUT OF SIGHT. Fe NINE MINUTES.

3. As GROUND VISUAL. Be NONE C. NONE,

te As 16/21302Z. Be DAY.

5, SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES AIRPORT. oe Me eee

GARDENA, CALIFORNIA

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» A, CIVILIAN, RAD i ——T__ = _ el. , sagmmme SOUTHWEST UPTON ,
PLACE GARDENA CALIFORNIA, PHONE FACULTY (ities

7. As CLEAR. Be SURFACE SOUTHWEST 14. @ODFT-G50/95, 13,990 FT-350/15,
15,390 FT-34D/25, 20909 FT-3 19/36, 303 ,999FT 319/43.C. CLEAR.D.
6 MILES E. NONE. Fe NONE.

3, NONE

Ys INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN 2F3D NORTH ISLAND
SCRAMBLED 22292,

ly + NONE

Ll. ALFRED FONTES, CAPT,USAF, SENIOR CONTROLLER, 27ADCC.THIS OBJECT
COULD NOT BE FOUND BY INTERCEPTOR FIGHTER,OR WAS OBJECT SEEN BY
OTHER OBSERVORS OR RADAR UNITS IN AREA.POSSISLE COULD HAVE BEEN A

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EALLON FROM WEATHER UNITS IN AREA ALTHOUGH NO DEFINATE TIMES COULD
BE ESTABLISHED FRO SOME BALLON RELEASE TIME.THE FOLLOWING TIME

K WERE OVARTASLE.SANTA MONICA WEATHER BALLON 29M PST.LAS VEGAS 1330
PST,LONG BEACH NAVY ELECTRONIC LABORTORY RELEASED BALLON 8X 25 FT
MAXIMUM ELEVATION THREE THOUSAND FEET.ALSO BALLON LAUNCHING FROM
SANTA MONICA U. Se ARMY PROJECT, REPORTED THEIR BALLON SHOULD
HAVE BEEN DOWN AT TIME OF SIGHTING,

12. PHOTOGRAPHS TAKE :

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