PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

12. CONCLUSIONS

Woes Balloon
Probably Bolloon
Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircroft
Probobly Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

1. DATE 2. LOCATION
LO July 1957 Los Angeles, California
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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5. PHOTOS $. SOURCE
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Wos Astronomico
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [@. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Crher
Insufficient Date for Evaluotion
jad Unknown
30 minutes one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object round, size of } dollar, Prohably balloon sighting.
color as a bright star. With binocu-
lars looked like a soap bubble. Gbhject
slowly moved away, grew smaller in
distance. WX balioons in area,

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10%50 bi RODLLAT Ss At their cl osest proximity, (SCURCE estimated one thoussend
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(1,000) yards), they acresred to be sppyoxtaately the size of silver dollar
neld at arms iongth without bin Aaakaca and with bincculars, apcroximately
the size of a baseball held at arms length.
SOURCE stated that all the oovle red to be 13
§. Pe TLE at OF" Svea ved G ~~ Bid A218 “ a” v5 aooear -\s + ve =e Ee | oons
ith a blinxing flame attached to the bottom. They eared weite in color,

towever, the two (2) explosions were bright orange.

5. “lovement v«ried from hovering to slow movement os if in
a strong breeze.

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se was noticed, even at the time of the explosicns.

8. at no time did any.of the objects move behind or in front
of any other object.

9. At aii times, the objects flickered at 4p: mately one
1) second intervals.

10. For movements of objects refer to Fig 1.

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Date objects sighted, July 21, 1957. Time first cbhject
sighted was so roximately 6:30 Fu. Time second aeaee was sizhted
Ao-roximately 5:50 PM and it expicded at 9:07 i Time third

opjest sighted 9:30 FM and ex. leded at 93:45 PM. a serance of

object barn 1050 sower binoculars was reund in shape ¢porcximately

5 ft to 8 ft in diameter, with flaming torch or wick or some nature,

ml ond fe off and on constantly until exolosicn occurred. No noise

was noticeable on any of these exvclosions. Si ioktan resembled

small mishroom, shite and orange in color. Absolutely no felling

object after explosion. July 22, 1957 9:30 Fl aporoximately, (next night)
ignted similar object over Los angeles Internationsi airport anc

renrorted same to Airport Tower.

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approximitely 93:15 that appeared to be floating across the air traveling
on the wind. fhe second object I saw came ont of tne West ind burned
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SUPPLEMBNT RY INVISTIGafT ives EYrcrts
1. Los angeles International airsort Control Tower was contacted.
Mr. Morton, Supervisor of the Control Pe Gvised thst se initiated
the report of this unidentified fiying object through «ir Defense
channels. He wes not awsre of the biocte until call n the
telechnone by SOURCE. at ao roxina te ly 2030 FOI, 21 July 1957, SOURCE
o4iled him and st.ted that he head a UFCB in sight, just iiorth of
the Airport, ‘ir. Morton took his binoculars ind began seurching that
area to no avail. He then sex ESaes Bast of the Airport «nd saw a
flash of light apcroximately twenty (20) degrees «sove the horizon.
Heading was aocroximately siehty reseven (27) degrees from the Airsort.
Total duration of the sighting was less than one (1) second. In
mediately after this, SOURCE stated "There, did you it exslode?™

(SOURCE maintained contact by teleohone during the durition of the search

by the Tower Supervisor.) Two (2) other tower operstors .eserved this
flash of iight, although without the said cf Sincculars. Mr. orton

gave the following description of the object: 4t the time of the flash,
it was white in colors; did not aoreur to tave ot sharply lefineda

edges, cid not make any sound, and was approximete_; Me size of +

nea held at arms isngth, without binoeulars. The. object disanveared

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from View immediately after an apoarent explosion. No other observations
were made. Reference page 5, PART Gik,

2. 27th Sir Division (Defense), Norton AFB, (3404N-117162) California
rag contacted and the 2ollowing information was received:

a, AC&¥ sites in the Loe Angeles Area observed no unusual reder
contact at the time of this sighting. Gommanders of both sites pointed
out that it is nearly impossible to monitor all traffic in the Los
Angeles vicinity due to the adundance of air traffic.

b. D/I, 27th Air Division (Defense) zdvised that he had received
an information copy of a CAA notice that a series of balloon launche
ings (rawinsonde) would take place in the Yuma, arizona area during
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1@ month of July 1957.

c. Vincent AFB, Yuma, Arizona (3242N-114378) Weather Station
wes contacted and they advised that they were not conducting any
balloon operations; however, an army Weather unit was conducting
such operations.

7, Yuma Test Station-US Army Signal Cor
was contacted and they edvised that on 21 Jd:
‘rawinsonde) were released, however, none criftted more than fifteen

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3. Ur. Mielke, US Weather Bureau, Santa Monica, California ws
contacted and gave following information: four (4) be Lloons (rswinsonde)
sre relensed on 21 July 1957 from Santa Monica. The first three |
(3) balloons were releaccd and burst during daylignat Urs the
Pisirth balloon was released at 2130 PDT and rst at 2240 PDT at an
tude of ninety-nine thousand (99,000) feet. From the surface to
ty-five thousand (55,000) fset tha balloon was ex 8a to Gs irom
me hundred aighty (150) dezrses to two hundred ten (219) degrees o
deat ned velocity. From 56,000 feet t 9, ids ware from
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one hundred (100) to one hundred thirty (130) degre=s at one hundred |
thirty five (135) knots. Ur. liielke stated that tracking information
was not ovuilable and that th re wes no light attuched to the dalloon.
The balloons were neoorene filled with helium. if, ielke furthar j
stated taut such a balloon, narticulerliy without ish atwsohed,
would not be visible at this time of the evening, unisss it was picking
wp sun's rays at an extremely hizh altitude early in the evening.

CAA Los angeles International Airsort “as contacted und they
Tised that no unusuel radar returns were noted at the time of tnis

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sighting. No-Lighter-Than-Air aircraft were known to be in the area.

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5. GOC Filter Center, Pasadena, California was contacted and they

ivised that they had received cone report of an unidentified flying
ject at 2047 PDT from a GOO post in the area of the Los Angeles
tornational Airvort. Description was as follows: a round red object
ize not listed) was observed moving forward and bucky-rd Northwest
he Hawthorne area. (See Ha ty thearves was a iiiss Patricia Snyder,
age 173 address 4424 159th Street, Lawndale, California. An attemot |
4#z$ made to contact Miss Snyder with neg:tive results. The GOO
sost involved wes closed and operating personnel were on vacation,

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& Long Seach Airport Operations was contacted and they advised that
tower perscnnel had made no unusual observations on the evening of

21 July 1957. a balloon belonging to Goodyear Rubber Company wes
based at Long Beach Airport. The telephone number of the operating
personnel wes cotained and a call made to determine if the belioon

was airborne at the time of the sightings, Captain Smith, Officer-
in-Charge of Ovcerations, advised that the balloon had been airborne: .
juring the daylight hours: but..had landed at 1600 POP and did not flyy.
again,

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or unusual activity on the evening of 2liJuly 1957 with negative results. _

8. Los &lamitos NAS (3347N-L18048) was contacted and queried on any
balloon activity or unusual activity on the evening of 21 July 1957
with negative results.

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9. Rdwards AFB (3453N-117528) wis contacted and meried as to balloon
activity, unusual activity or experizental aircreft with negative

| results.

10. Plight Service, Hamilton 4FB was contacted and queried as to

| unusual activity and balloon activity with negative results.

il. Mt Wilson, Palomar, and Griffith Observatories were contacted,
. No unusual observations were made on 21 July 1957,

12, Pt Mug MAS (3407N-119078) was contacted and queried as to
balloon activity, unusual activity, or missile flights with negative
| results.

i 13, Pt Hueneme NaS (3407N-119075) was contacted and queried as to

) bulioon activity and releases from the weather shiv Norton Sound with
necetive results,

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1S, Lop angeles Air Pollution Comnittee was contacted and they advised
taat smali tethered balloons were released by the nollution bureau
during July, however none were released aft r sunset and none vere

released on 21 or 22 July 1957.

17. Neveal Liason Officer, 27th Air Division (Defense) was contacted
and he further contacted the lith Nuvy operating of? the Southern
California coast. Negative balloon releases.

18. Weather as taken from TT 2701 TAC G-0513 UFOB PD
Ciear Sky - visibility ten (10) miles

6,000' 160/10K
10,000" 230/16K
16,0008 226/25K
20,000" 230/32K
30,000" 230/49K
4 50,000 230/43K
20,000? 090/24K
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19. The United Geophysical Corporation in Pasadena, California
vas contacted and queried as to balloon activity. No balloons had
been released during July.

20, The Aero Physies Corporation of Santa Barbara (3426N-11950B),
California ta orivate civilian weather concern) was contacted,
No Salloon releases on 21 or 22 July, 1957,

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ci, Reference Fig 2, PAST ONB. The simulteneous observation by the
fower Supervisor at L. A. Int'l Avot and SOURCE provided 4n approximate

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fix on the third object sighted. The tower operator observed the
object on a heading of approximately eighty-five (85) decrees at an
elevation of twenty (20) degrees, while SOURCE observed it at approximately
twenty (20) degrees azimuth and forty (40) degrees elevation. This
roid place the object just Southeast of Hollywood Park, at an
altitude of aoproximately 2500 feet.

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to the Hawthorne area renorted no unusual activity at the time of the
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unusual activity or sightings. No unexplained fires occured on |
al or 22 July, 1957. The Fire Chief did recall that rovimately
one (1) year ago in July or August of 1956, 2 series of sightings
similar to thesa in this report occured in tha same 2a. It
ms concluded but not oroven that the objects were sm. ] » £258 Pilied
balloons with railroad or hichwsy flares cttac ed, ° sed by
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L. The preparing offic.r was acLle to arrive at a definite conclusion
as to the cause of these sightings. However, the following vossibilities

> offered for consideration:

&,. Pranksters: Since the Hawthorne Fire Chief? stated that

simiiar objects had been Sd gehen in the past in this same area, and
that this conclusion vis reached, it seems cossible that this
sighting also could be a: tributed to pranksters. A small, gas filled
balloon with some type of lighting device and a flare would give the
‘ppearances described in this report.

9, Nignt Pnotozrachys Possidly an individual or 2 concern
could have ben releasing small balloons with photographic equip-
end flares for night, aerial ohotcgraphy. However, it would
2em ressonadlie that any company conducting such a test or operation

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would notify CAA if they intended to release balloons in the
vicinity oF eny airfielde.
2, An evalination of "Probable ballcons® is given to this series of

sigatings.

FRANK H. MARECKI
Major, USaP
Commander Det 4

COMMENTS OF THE APPROVING OFFICER
Concur with the Preparing Officer that this sizhting was

probably caused by balloons.

Bits fp 7 WAZ
oe d, Jagan 4

Colonel, USAF
Commander

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The following article taken from the "LOS ANGELES TIMES"

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Trursday Morning, July 22, 1957

Silver Sphere.
Deflatedts” |
Sky Mystery

Tt- was almost lixe with the,
fying disks all over again...

The queries.started yesterday
afternoon among Big Bear Vai-
ley residents ‘

““~ oat is that pear-sha
thing following the sual” wiey
wanted to know..

Then lowlanders took up'the:
curtosity cudgeis, helaboring po
Lice, Sherif’s and newspaper
switchboarts by the hundreds
switchboards.

As afternoon wore Into eve-
ning, -the silver-aphere was
casing: tduabiandars, olla: i

. ers Ww it
slowly in 2 northwesterly
direction: ,

Astral Visitor Identified

At_Mt. Wilson. Dr. Robert 5S.
Richardsor® “solar observer; re-
ported that he had scanned the
object as it passed nearly over-
head om its leisurely course sea-
ward. George Abell, Griffith Ob-
servatory attache, also reported
following the sphere by tele-
scope. ;

Their consensus, borne out by
the Weather Bureau forecast
center at Los Angeles Airport;

A metecrological halloon.

The balloons are supposed to
burst at high elevations after au-
omaucally broadcasting weather}
information during their ascent.
bia one apparentiv develioned
a siow leak and sank back to-
fara eartn, weatnermen said.

A general warning of the hal.
eon’s hovering over Los An-
geles, describing it as a hazard {
to navigation, was issued short-

ly Defore dark by the Civile
natics AGatinistration air route fv

traffic controi center here. s6

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56 seinem LOS ANGELES 66,CALIFORNIA.
/. As MR AND egg sp son. CIVILIAN.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

ATIC FOeM 529 (REV 76 SEP 52)

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
G Was Ballecon
>) > Tas} 4 Los Angeles, California .° Probably tr yin
> — = 4 Aa, a . i > - “ 7” B j
3 DATE-TiME GROUP \* TYPE OF OBSERVATION Pp eee ee
‘ QO Wes Aircraft
Le-e! | Nl Ground- Vi sual O Grownd-Rodor GQ Probebly Aireroft
GMT = ft. ] j 0 Aig Vi sucl O Air-intercep! Reador G Possibly Aircroft
% PHOTOS i 16 SOURCE © Wes Astronomical
O Yes O Probebly Astronomical
Qo } Civilian 2 Possibly Astronomicol
. LENGTH OF O8SERY ATION “®. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | % COURSE Q Other 4
' tares i G insufficient Dete for Evaivetion
generally 10 mins Lt different tihes variablel Uriseuw
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ‘Il. COMMENTS
fy. 9b. “s seen at different times 1 foilow- L estization ¢ of
; ind orange-tinted objs, by Detachnen iOb0S6th AISS, )
4 diameter, Jisclosed that this sighting was
jojects nrobab! 1s salloons.
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APPROVED | JUNE 1948

(CLASSIFICATION)

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

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wou L is nsrat ome ERs CG BrP agi ks
Dduc ions lich Sehool
Jualifications; During World War II, Sou sa Gi/3c
g 1 se sy ayrr . o Bag " > ¢.
It. RELIABILITY: When interviewed S:U Co wis ry couve r@ and
nowesd « marked in*> rest in determining the cause of his siz . He was
jservan, talked freely and seemed to be of avera ‘alli se. The ‘nrtor-
2a ien civen br S'’Us0s is eonsidered to 52 reliable
III, SCUSCS's DESCHISTICN OF SIGH VINGS AND SVYENTS:
5 U nd nis fanily
-OT, SU DE
‘ticed an object in the sky just Bast of his home at an estimated altitude
of one thousand (1,000) feet, SOURCE described the object es 2 small sphere
about the size of @ email pea held at arma's iength at the tine of he first
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sighting. The object then moved Nerthward, then to the Northeast until it faded
from sight at aporoxinately 2040. PDT, Motion of the cbjeet was described as
very slow and very much Like s *“smatl beliocon caught in the wind currents",
At 20 POY, another object, identical to this-one was sighted by SOUNDE,

1is family and a group of nsichbors, This object was first sighted in the
lest, and it gradusily moved Eastward te the vicinity of SCURCS's home, At
shis time, 5 UACB telephoned the Los Angeles Interna*ional Airport Control
Tower and asked if they were releasing balloons with lights on ‘hem or if

ot, did they see this object. Hef Pig 2 Pt 1 (Los Angeles International
Aivport) and Pt 3 (S U3OT's home). Mr. GR tower supervisor at Los Angeles
Interna*icnal Airsort answered ‘he phone, stated that they were not releasing
and searched the sky with negative results. At 2107 PDT, this

le mn the evening of 2] July 195 ;
iere dining in their oacxyard uate, At approximately r 20530 FO
!
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sallcons
)ject apparen=ly exploded and disappeared. The "explosion" was described

43 resembling a "ainiature atom bomb explosion" 9 white and orange in color,

' No noise was heard. whee 2 the apparent explosion, “he object disappeared
sompletely. No falling debris was seen, At 2130 PDT, a third, identical
object travelling the same course es ‘he second, was sighted. It also exploded
tn the same aporoximate area as the second. Immediately upon sighting this

in
ne, SLURCE again ee Los Angeles International Airport Tower and advised
; liz, Morten “hat thie objeet was to the Horth of che sirfield, ie neant
Hawthorne Airport. Fig 2) However, Mr. cjg assumed ‘hat he seant Inter
| ‘tional Alrsort and rehed accordingiy, to no avail. 4dr, “ort n then
; sz7an searching to th "East, maintaining telechone c ntact wi ACT.
: 31 ad an object just as it apvearsd to exploce snc esconnr: At that
ing SOURCE s d: "There, did you see it explode?" (NOTE: SU Cc
| Ligsin tokeyard extension to his telechone) SOUND w lookine to
j srtbeast hat t'me and lir, Morton to the East. iz for
5 ic Ke
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/ . 3 2 following evening (22 J L957) et 2230 POT, SCUMCE
mcd : ject to the ie of bi 186 nated the
ver International ilecort. 2 THe airoor
ted it to Mr. orton, By is time the Cc i faded from
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