USAF record 28963106 (1955)

UFO3 INDEX CARD AISOP-UFOB-260-55

1. DATE 9 August 1955

2. LOCATION South Bay, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 11:35 PST Local 2235Z, 9 Aug 1955 GMT [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE, 9 Aug 1955

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual ☑️ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar ☐

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No

6. SOURCE Civilian (12 yrs old)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Thirty-nine (39) Seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One (1)

9. COURSE W to E

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One (1) disc shaped object, the size of a grapefruit held at arms length, was silver in color and sounded like a jet. The object flew a straight course to the east. The noise attracted the observer's attention.

11. COMMENTS The age of the observer would limit the observer's knowledge of objects which would be readily identifiable to the trained layman. In all probability the source saw a conventional aircraft (Probably jet) which reflecting the sunlight, gave the disc-shaped appearance. The fact that the object sounded like a jet and the noise of the object first attracted the observer's attention, leads to the above checked conclusion.

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)