Project 10073 Record Card — Santa Barbara, California, 14 September 1952

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype message regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting on September 14, 1952. The sighting occurred at 2040 hours, approximately six miles southeast of Santa Barbara, California. The primary witness was a pilot of an Air Evac USAF C-54 aircraft (No. 9093), whose name is illegible in the provided record. The witness reported observing a single blue-white object for a duration of 30 seconds. The object was described as traveling at a high rate of speed on a flat trajectory before ascending and disappearing. The report notes that the weather conditions were clear at the time of the observation. Military authorities conducted a standard assessment, confirming that there were no radar contacts or photographic evidence associated with the event. The teletype, sent from COADIV 12 March AFB to various intelligence commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, serves as the official transmission of this sighting report for evaluation under the project's protocols.