Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — La Habra, California, 21 December 1954
AI-Generated Summary
A Project 10073 record card documenting a six-hour sighting of a silver, spherical object in La Habra, California, on December 21, 1954. The object was officially classified as a probable balloon.
This document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing an unidentified aerial sighting that occurred on December 21, 1954, in La Habra, California. The report describes a single, silver, spheriod-shaped object observed by a civilian source. The duration of the sighting was noted as six hours. The object was observed moving at a slow horizontal speed in a northeasterly direction. No sound was reported in connection with the object, and no photographic evidence was taken. The report explicitly states that there was no radar contact. Based on the observed characteristics, the official conclusion recorded on the card is that the sighting conforms to the criteria of a probable balloon. The document also contains a notation indicating that there is no case on file for this specific incident.
It was a spheriod, 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.
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Official Assessment
conforms with the criteria of a probable balloon
The object was identified as a spheriod, silver, small object that remained in sight for six hours, moving at a slow horizontal speed toward the northeast. Based on these characteristics, it was determined to conform to the criteria of a probable balloon.