◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Cherry-red Light over Sunset and La Brea
On two nights in February 1960 a brilliant cherry-red light came along Sunset Boulevard and hung over the corner of Sunset and La Brea in Hollywood while crowds watched. On the second night witnesses reported an explosion, a mushroom-shaped cloud and a tubular object shooting upward. The report is NICAP's own, kept in the Blue Book microfilm, and the Air Force said it made no investigation. This is the record of what the crowds reported, not a verdict on what hung over Hollywood.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Cherry-red Light over Sunset and La Brea is a reported UAP case in Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, 5 and 6 February 1960, from about 23:15 PST each night.
- On two nights in February 1960 a silent cherry-red light hung over Sunset and La Brea in Hollywood while "hundreds" watched, according to a NICAP subcommittee report.
- On the second night witnesses reported an explosion, a mushroom-shaped cloud and a tubular object shooting upward before the light climbed away.
- Named witnesses include two Los Angeles police officers and the author Harold Sherman; the investigators ruled out balloons because the light moved against the wind.
- The report was kept in the Blue Book microfilm, but the Air Force said the sighting was not reported to it and made no investigation.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 17 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-12; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
5 and 6 February 1960, from about 23:15 PST each night
LOCATION
Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California · USA
COORDS
34.10°N 118.34°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
17
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-12 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
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