USAF record 28960715 (1954)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 21 December 1954

2. LOCATION La Habra, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] 27/DEC/54

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6 Hours

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One (1)

9. COURSE Northeast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING It was a sphere, silver, small object. No sound noted. The long period the object remained in sight plus the slow horizontal speed, conforms with the criteria of a probable balloon. NO CASE ON FILE

11. COMMENTS

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [STAMP: ] Probably Balloon [STAMP: ] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: ]

Was Aircraft [STAMP: ] Probably Aircraft [STAMP: ] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP: ]

Was Astronomical [STAMP: ] Probably Astronomical [STAMP: ] Possibly Astronomical [STAMP: ]

Other Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown