Project 10073 Record Cards and Air Intelligence Information Report — San Diego, California, February 1955

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report (16-UFOB-2-55) compiled by the 751st ACWRON at Mt. Laguna, California, in February 1955. It details an investigation into multiple reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOB) in the San Diego area. The primary witness, a housewife, reported observing blinking red and white lights over a period of several days in early February 1955. She claimed the objects were stationary at first, then moved rapidly, and she attempted to communicate with them using a flashlight. The investigation, led by 1st Lt. Calvin Hammond Jr. and T/Sgt. Charles M. Howard, included statements from personnel at the Lindbergh Field Control Tower. A/2c Bert Jones, an air traffic controller, stated that the lights reported by the witness were likely commercial airliners or Air Force planes entering the traffic pattern, or obstruction lights on towers. Another sighting on 19 February 1955, reported by Yeoman Third Class Paul W. McKim, involved nine objects in a 'V' formation, which investigators concluded was a meteor shower. A third report from the same date described a solid object changing from red to white, which was also attributed to potential aircraft or airfield lights. The report concludes that the sightings were not of extraterrestrial origin but were misidentifications of conventional aircraft, astronomical bodies, or ground-based lighting systems. The investigator noted that the primary witness was a nervous individual who had previously worked in a control tower, suggesting a predisposition to misinterpreting standard aviation signals. The document includes record cards for the individual sightings, a map of the witness's pinpointed locations, and formal statements from military personnel involved in the investigation.