PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Los Angeles, Calif. — 7 Jan 58

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on January 7, 1958, in Los Angeles, California. A civilian witness reported observing a single, round, silver object, described as being the size of a pea. The object was observed for approximately ten minutes, during which time it appeared to rise, change its shape from round to elongated, and then disappear. The flight path was noted as being toward the East. The report includes a brief summary of the sighting and weather conditions, which were noted as having scattered clouds. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the object was a balloon, with the comment explicitly stating that the description provided by the witness was characteristic of a balloon. The document includes internal routing information, indicating it was processed through the 17th Air Division (Defense) and directed to the Air Technical Intelligence Center. A note from Major Loren G. [illegible], Director of Intelligence, suggests the object may have been a weather balloon from the Santa Monica weather station. The record card is an ATIC Form 329, dated September 1952.