PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6967881

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONWoodland Hills California

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECC
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
14 August 1957 Woodland Hills, California Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
XProbably Aireralt
GMT 15/0430Z AirVisual Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astranomical
a Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
D.No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. OF OBSERVATION OBSERVATIoN 8. NUMBER OF NO BER OP OBJECTS1 OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other.
maneuvered 000 0 Insufficient Insufficient Data for Evaluation Data Evaluation
SE Unknown
not given not given one one
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINC . COMAENTS . COMMENTS
Very large, long object, twice as large Everything in description of in
as a/ c, white, 2 lights appearing lights appearing as one object suggests a/c.
unit unit with dark space between. There
sere four bright bright flashes, each of flashes, each of 00
2 seconds duration.
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ATIC yorM 26 SEP 52)
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1. AS
. CNE. E. NONE. F. TWOLIGHTS ONE WITH
DARK SPACE IN BETWEEN G. NONE. H. UNKNOWN. I. NONE. I. NONE.
COMET. E. FROM SOUTHEAST. C. AT SOUTHEAST. C. AT
HORIZON IN SOUTHEAST- D. HORIZON IN SOUTHEAST-D. FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST IN CIRCULAR FR SCUTHEAST SOUTHWEST IN CIRCULAR
TO SOUTHEAST, FROM T SOUTHEAST IT CONTINUED IN
A CLOCK- A CLOCK-WIS T, PRIGHT
FLASHES FLASHES, EACH O ONE SEC SECC JEATION
STARTED STARTEL CLIMB UNTIL LIME UNTIL IT REACHED THE ST, THEN THEN
CIS4T 2
c
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27 7
There
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CLIMEED VERTICALLY, LEVELED OFF AND CONTINUED IN A CIRCULAR PATH
TILL I IT. DISAPPEARED IN THE SOUTHEAST.

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4 A. 11$55030Z AUG 57. E.1 NIGHT. .
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5. WOODLAND HILLS, TOPANGA CANYON RD.
CIVILIAN WOODLAND
HILLS AND WOODLAND H HILLS. MRS.
LOS ANGLES CITY HALL, PHONE cMNS
7. A. UNKNOWN. B. SURFACE 250/06 20,000' 200/20
6,000' 250/08 30,900' 200/37
10,000' 240/18 50,000' 180/25
16,000' 220/16 80,000' 080/25
C. NONE. D. 10 MILES OR MORE. E. LESS THAN 5/10 SKW COVER. F. NONE.
8. NONE.
9. NONE. REPORT WAS RECEIVED TWC HOURS AFTER OESERVATION.
1. THERE WERE A/C IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING.
12. UNKNOWN. th
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Pujintant: Pupintant: Sky Sky elmost almost
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