Report of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) - 3 August 1962

This document is a Project 10073 record card and accompanying correspondence from the 6592d Support Wing (AFSC) regarding a UFO sighting reported on August 3, 1962. Two students, aged 14 and 15, reported observing a bright, oval-shaped light moving at approximately 3 degrees per second toward the northeast. The observation was made using 3X binoculars. The report was initially received by the DCAS Command Post in Inglewood, California, at 2115 PDT. Weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with no smog, though Ontario International Airport noted six miles of visibility in haze. The official evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the preparing officer, Lt. Colonel Howard E. Short, concluded that the sighting was most likely an aircraft. The report notes that the object's movement corresponded closely with Victor airways 1522-49, a primary departure route for air traffic in the Los Angeles area. While the observers' report was initially compared to an 'Echo' sighting, it was determined that the velocity was too high for the duration reported, and that the 'Echo' object was actually over Los Angeles at 2000 hours moving in the opposite direction (toward the southeast).