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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 25 November 1957 | 2. LOCATION Los Angeles, California | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☑ Possibly Balloon  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local OAT 25/1945Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE stationary ☐ Other ☐ Insuff
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25/19452
27 Nov 57 07 39
28 phoned
98 447P

RF143
SQG168 YDA117 XYA270IXDA103JBA115
PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ
DE RJWPJB 1G
P 261800Z
FN COMDR 751 ACWRON MT LAGUNA CALIF
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CENTER
RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTELL HQ USAF
RJWPJB/COMDR 27TH ADIV
BT
UNCLAS 751ST 1042-J PD
1. A. LIKE 12" SIGNAL LIGHT ON SHIP PD
B. A PIN PD
C. WHITE PD
D. ONE PD
E. N/A
F. NONE PD
G. NONE PD
H. NONE PD
I. WHITE GLASS ALT. TO RED EVERY 15 SECONDS PD
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PAGE TWO RJWPJB 1G

2. A. WATCHING HELICOPTER PD
B. ☐ 385 DEGREES ELEVATION CMM ☐ 370 DEGREES AZIMUTH PD almost overhead
C. ☐ 383 DEGREES ELEVATION CMM ☐ 250 DEGREES AZIMUTH PD overhead
D. 60,000 CMM LEVEL FLIGHT PD
E. FADED OUT PD altitude
F. ☐ 15 MINUTES PD

3. A. GROUND VISUAL PD
B. NONE PD
C. N/A

4. A. 25/1945Z TO 25/2000Z PD 1945-8 = 1145
B. ☐ DAY PD

5. ☐ , LOS ANGELES CMM CALIFORNIA PD

6. ☐ CMM FORMER MILITARY MAN CMM GOOD RELIABILITY PD

7. A. CLEAR PD NOTE
B. UNKNOWN PD
C. UNKNOWN PD
D. UNKNOWN PD
E. UNKNOWN PD
F. UNKNOWN PD
No weather data given

8. NONE PD
1. Object was seen direc
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QUESTIONable

B. UNKNOWN PD
C. UNKNOWN PD
D. UNKNOWN PD
E. UNKNOWN PD
F. UNKNOWN PD

No weather data given

1. Object was seen directly overhead at almost 1200 noon.
2. He was therefore looking almost directly into the run.
3. Object apparently moved very little, if at all. see 2B & 2C.

CONCLUSIONS:
Possibly a balloon that was rising straight from some place near the observers location,

PAGE THREE RJWPJB 1G
9. NONE KNOWN AT THIS TIME PD
10. OTHER TRAFFIC OVER CITY PD
11. 2/LT MARION H. HOLT CMM SENIOR DIRECTOR CMM MAYBE SPUTNICK PD
12. NONE PD
BT
26/2020Z NOV RJWPJB

Pit all. see 2B &amp

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