CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 163
1. Date: 22 July 48
2. Time: hour before dark
3. Location: Van Nuys, Calif
4. Name of observer: Capt Henry Glover & wife (Ofd-Res)
5. Occupation of observer: Ordnance Reserve Officer
6. Address of observer: 8531 Variel Ave., Canoga Park, Calif
7. Place of observation: Van Nuys, Calif.
8. Number of objects: 1
9. Distance of object from observer: [redacted] overhead
10. Time in sight: N/S about an hour
11. Altitude: great height
12. Speed: N/S
13. Direction of flight: toward the sun from the East or [redacted] E to W
14. Tactics: traveled a vertical arc of about 25° or more
15. Sound: N/S
16. Size: of weather balloon at 2000 ft
17. Color: bluish luminescence like fluorescent lamp which gradually changed to orange color at dusk
18. Shape: round tending to spherical
19. Odor detected: N/S
20. Apparent construction: N/S
21. Exhaust trails: N/S
22. Weather conditions: CAVU ground temperature 70-75°
23. Effect on clouds: N/S
24. Sketches or photographs: None
25. Manner of disappearance: snapped off like a lamp when you throw switch
26. Remarks: (Over)
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