ZLA center controller reported they were told by a supervisor the tower would not accept an aircraft...

Narrative:

When we plugged in aircraft X was already on approach and another aircraft was orbiting about 7 miles north of blh waiting for aircraft X to finish the approach to continue parachute operations. A few minutes later the supervisor walks over holding the phone and asking us to give aircraft X a vector because 'tower wasn't going to take him.' I had heard rumors that there was a tower operating there; and that there had been an incident the day before where someone; not this facility; had broken off another [carrier aircraft] on approach and issued vectors below the minimum IFR altitude. So; when the supervisor demanded for us to give a control instruction to [aircraft] I was initially confused as to why. The other aircraft was waiting for the approach to conclude and there was no other observed traffic in the area. I was never briefed that there was a facility operating at blh; there was no letter of agreement; nothing. So; I under duress; and since the supervisor was standing behind me demanding for me to 'give him something because tower wasn't taking him' told my trainee to have '[aircraft X] continue on the radials of the approach climb to and maintain 6;000 feet; upon reaching 6;000 feet direct...and hold as published.' when aircraft X was holding at the fix after the trainee identified him and gave him a clearance to his next airport; I keyed up and advised the pilot that what had just occurred had been done by an unsanctioned facility and urged the pilot to call the center and FSDO to file a report. My transmitting the advisory to aircraft X was done out of concern for [aircraft]'s safety; as well as the safety of anyone else IFR or VFR landing at that airport. Brief the controllers if a new facility is operating in our airspace. Have a letter of agreement in place before operations commence.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZLA Center Controller reported they were told by a Supervisor the Tower would not accept an aircraft on approach. The Controller was not aware of a Control Tower operating at this airport.

Narrative: When we plugged in Aircraft X was already on approach and another aircraft was orbiting about 7 miles north of BLH waiting for Aircraft X to finish the approach to continue parachute operations. A few minutes later the Supervisor walks over holding the phone and asking us to give Aircraft X a vector because 'Tower wasn't going to take him.' I had heard rumors that there was a Tower operating there; and that there had been an incident the day before where someone; not this facility; had broken off another [carrier aircraft] on approach and issued vectors below the minimum IFR altitude. So; when the Supervisor demanded for us to give a control instruction to [aircraft] I was initially confused as to why. The other aircraft was waiting for the approach to conclude and there was no other observed traffic in the area. I was never briefed that there was a facility operating at BLH; there was no Letter of Agreement; nothing. So; I under duress; and since the Supervisor was standing behind me demanding for me to 'give him something because Tower wasn't taking him' told my trainee to have '[Aircraft X] continue on the radials of the approach climb to and maintain 6;000 feet; upon reaching 6;000 feet direct...and hold as published.' When Aircraft X was holding at the fix after the trainee identified him and gave him a clearance to his next airport; I keyed up and advised the pilot that what had just occurred had been done by an unsanctioned facility and urged the pilot to call the Center and FSDO to file a report. My transmitting the advisory to Aircraft X was done out of concern for [aircraft]'s safety; as well as the safety of anyone else IFR or VFR landing at that airport. Brief the controllers if a new facility is operating in our airspace. Have a Letter of Agreement in place before operations commence.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1705055
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZLA.ARTCC
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5.0
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

ZLA center controller reported they were told by a supervisor the tower would not accept an aircraft on approach. The controller was not aware of a control tower operating at this airport.