Project 10073 Record Card and Staff Duty Officer's Report — Redondo Beach, California, August 1961

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an accompanying Staff Duty Officer's report regarding an Unidentified Flying Object sighting in Redondo Beach, California, on August 28, 1961. The primary witness was a 14-year-old individual who observed a bright, shiny object through a telescope. The sighting occurred in two distinct intervals: from 2020 to 2027 and again from 2028 to 2030. The object was described as rising to a 45-degree elevation in the South-Southeast. Weather conditions were reported as clear. The report was processed by the Office of the Deputy Commander AFSC for Aerospace Systems, United States Air Force. Captain W. G. Bass, the Staff Duty Officer, documented the event, noting that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient information provided to properly evaluate the case. A handwritten note on the second page, signed by a Lieutenant Dont. Cheary, directs the report to the F.T.D. for further action. The document serves as a formal record of a civilian sighting report processed through military channels during the early 1960s.