CaseCircle1954

Los Angeles, CA, USA

In 1954, I saw a red glowing disc traveling thousands of mph straight over the Los Angeles night sky.

Report quality: Moderate51/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 15s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (101 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1954-07-01
Where
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
15 seconds
Geo
34.052, -118.244 · exact
Slug
circle-over-los-angeles-ca-1954-a63238
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1954

    The Great French Wave

    France, spilling into Italy, Spain, and Latin America

    The densest close-encounter wave ever recorded: landed domed objects on country roads, paralysis beams, and small suited occupants, reported by farmers and gendarmes across rural France at a rate of several per night.…

In context

  • This is one of 521 reports logged in Los Angeles, CA.
  • This case is one of 12 California reports filed in 1954.
  • Circle craft made up 10% of 1950s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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