Independence, California
Place· 2 declassified document(s)
Also: Independence, Calif.
A small town situated in the Owens Valley of eastern California. Because of its proximity to restricted military airspace and testing grounds like China Lake and Edwards AFB, it appears in early UFO files. Sightings reported by civilians in this area were often cross-referenced by the Air Force with classified experimental aircraft flights.
A regional reporting location for sightings often evaluated against nearby classified military aerospace testing.