Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Los Angeles, California, 30 September 1957
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A postal worker in Los Angeles reported a small, round, white object moving overhead on 30 September 1957. Military authorities concluded the object resembled a meteor but lacked sufficient data for a formal identification.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated military cable regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 30 September 1957 in West Los Angeles, California. The witness, identified as a United States Postal Service employee, reported observing a single, round, white object, approximately the size of a baseball, moving in a straight path overhead before disappearing into the haze on the horizon. The duration of the sighting was recorded as five seconds. The report was processed by the 67th ACWRON and forwarded to various military commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Handwritten annotations on the document indicate that the witness utilized 8x60 binoculars during the observation, which prompted the assessment that the object's actual size was small. The official conclusion reached by the military evaluators was that while the object exhibited characteristics consistent with a meteor, there was insufficient data available to provide a definitive evaluation of the incident. The document serves as a standard record of a civilian sighting report processed through military intelligence channels during the late 1950s.
All characteristics of meteor. However, insufficient data for proper evaluation.
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Official Assessment
All characteristics of meteor. However, insufficient data for proper evaluation.
The object was observed by a postal service employee in West Los Angeles. It was described as a round, white object the size of a baseball. The observation lasted five seconds as the object moved overhead and disappeared into the horizon haze. Military evaluators noted the object possessed characteristics of a meteor but concluded there was insufficient data for a definitive evaluation.