Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Hollister, California, 13 May 1955
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AI-Generated Summary
A commercial pilot reported an unidentified light formation on May 13, 1955. The 28th Air Division concluded the object was an RC-121 aircraft.
On May 13, 1955, a civilian airline pilot flying a United Airlines aircraft at 10,000 feet observed a group of lights that appeared to fuse into a single object. The observation lasted approximately one hour, during which the object traveled in a northwest direction at a speed estimated to be over 200 MPH. The pilot, while initially suspecting the object was an aircraft, reported that he could not recognize the external navigation light pattern. The sighting occurred under clear weather conditions (CAVU). Following an investigation, the 28th Air Division provided a preliminary report concluding that the sighting was caused by an RC-121 aircraft that was in the area at the time and had followed the flight path of the observer's aircraft. The report notes that the observer lost sight of the object near Hollister, California. The documentation includes a Project 10073 record card and a teletype message regarding the incident.
Group of lights which appeared to fuse into a single object was observed from a commercial aircraft at 10,000 feet.
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Official Assessment
Information received in the preliminary report from the 28th Air Division indicates that sighting was caused by a RC-121 aircraft.
The sighting was identified as an RC-121 aircraft that was in the area at the time and followed the flight path of the observer's aircraft.