USAF record 28965641 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 16 May 1956

2. LOCATION Los Angeles, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT: 17/0245Z

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

5. PHOTOS X: Yes [ILLEGIBLE] No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION CONSIDERED to be UFO8 for period of 20 mins one

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE stationary unknown

10. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING One delta shaped object, red striped and flashing, the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object remained stationary at all times. At 0340Z the observers believed the object to be a star.

11. CONCLUSIONS There is no doubt that this sighting was astronomical in nature. Note the admittance of the observers, the duration of the sighting, the colors involved and their description. The observers probably saw Venus as it is the brightest heavenly body in the sky and is especially "eye catching."

ATTIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 52)