# December 24, 1953 — El Cajon, CA — Navy Lts. Encounter 10 Oval Objects

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**Category:** Blue Book Unknowns
**Created:** [December 24, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/december-24-1953-el-cajon-ca-navy-lts-encounter-10-oval-objects/440 "2025-12-24T00:00:37Z")
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### Author: ![jeffknox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@jeffknox](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/u/jeffknox)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/december-24-1953-el-cajon-ca-navy-lts-encounter-10-oval-objects/440/1 "2025-12-24T00:00:37Z")

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![12241953-ElCajonCA-Grumman_F9F-2_Panther_of_VF-112_in_flight,circa_in_1951(1564-78)](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/15f9e57770bb9b0138d3e73ec5400015e001cbcf.jpeg)

December 24, 1953 — El Cajon, CA  
8:04 a.m. US Navy Lts. J. B. Howard and L. D. Linhard, flying F9F-2 jet fighters, see 10 silver oval objects flying in formation at 450+ mph, straight and level, over El Cajon, California. [Eberhart]

Record Card:

 ![12241953-ElCajonCA-BB-RecordCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/094432a4622f6d578b75196200f15dbe33bd1b9d.jpeg)

Spot Intelligence Report:

 ![12241953-ElCajonCA-BB-SpotIntelligenceReport-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/68d0998de7d11f8c6a9d21d3120af69e0e52f875.jpeg)

 ![12241953-ElCajonCA-BB-SpotIntelligenceReport-p2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/92e48454f7c0b1e2606d85c6906ad7e3686549b9.jpeg)

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 1000, p. 206;

 ![12241953-ElCajonCA-Sparks-Case1000-p206](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e4bbc7d8959ef6f4422d3376aef64c459ff3158f.png)

NICAP, “Navy Lts. Encounter 10 Oval Objects”;

 ![12241953-ElCajonCA-NICAPWebsite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/e6ca514319150c282bdeb554b8c9526227dffcfb.jpeg)

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/531224elcajon_dir.htm)**