Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Chico, California, 3 August 1952
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A report of a large, silent, white glowing object observed over Chico, California, on August 3, 1952. The sighting was made by a Ground Observer Corps member and lasted for 2-3 minutes.
On August 3, 1952, at approximately 0315 PDT, a witness observed a single, very large, round, white glowing object over Chico, California. The object was reported to be moving slowly at an altitude estimated to be less than 2,000 feet. The observation lasted between two and three minutes. According to the report, the object was observed visually from a Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post located on top of the Hotel Oaks in Chico. The object was initially moving north, then stopped, and subsequently moved in a northeasterly direction before disappearing. The witness reported that the object made no sound. The weather conditions at the time were clear. The report was transmitted by the 28th Air Division at Hamilton AFB to Ent AFB and Wright-Patterson AFB. The document is marked as unclassified and includes a declassification note indicating it was downgraded at three-year intervals and declassified after twelve years, dated May 15, 1968.
ONE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT DESCRIBED AS VERY LARGE ROUND WHITE GLOW. IT WAS MAKING NO SOUNDS PD OBJECT WAS MOVING SLOW.
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