HO. ltl Ht\O~JP 1 Loud, Swirling, wooein.~ noiH aiailar t.o !:OUllO .,I2Cko~ !?Chauet \ tc-....ok-ary ATIC Fona 329 i.OC.\Tt)f: Mt. T'aloauu C~11.1' nATF If I Tn A'1'lt: ----- 'l'.lo'n Q t 'I 'L'YJJt.' m onrr.:cVI\'rtcm Ground CIAJif MI"OitJIIO. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMA nON REPORT ot Val fled Aerial Ob Calltoral& ou dated 8 f'eb~ry 1 0~ 16U' 1 tr ooo.e ort ot Ual&tnttried \erial ld Lieut. , naYig~tore, ld Squadron, 11t4 Bombrdllltnt N , lla oe ~Sate, CaUrornta, were atDdlag outaide the Mt. Palomar ObaerY~torJa Loe ADL~1 Ca11forDtl at an el~tion ot 8000 feet obaer1D& the mo.' or tbe oeleatlal bodiea when they what appeared to be a ahootlng atar abOYe the ha~l of the Big Dipper, tltteen de&r abo the hortaoa. The objeot, obaerYed at a ~reat dht.<anoe, mond at a ~rnt rate ot apeed tram appraxbnately 110 to 100 horiaontally, in two to three minutea, emitting a loud, ew1r11Da;, whooahing no1 limUar to a rooket ahauat. The only part or the objeot Yieible wae a blul1h-~1ite litht whioh flickered intermittentlya the Upt appearing to be the dae ot a atar. vWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR JNTF.RVALS~ DBCI.ASSlFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. Bead iU&rtera, rtttUDtb Alr raroe ... TWE UNIT0 STATtS WITHIN THE MEANING OFTHf: ES'tONAGE ACT. 50 U. S c _ ( ... ~ AN UNAUTHORIZED pt:RSOf IS PROHIBITED BY LAW :~:.[.! (. . ~ ... J.xarf IY PfltMisstN OF THE DIRECTOR OF . ~-iiiieAlic INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT '!'lltae 1. Btetob lot poaalble e. Ob,1eou 11Gbtch b. lhaea 1Ddet1nlte Star or tblr4 oonatellatiOD 100 borlaODtal Blu1ah-wh1te liJht, tliokrtD~ 1nterm1ttentlJ t, !!ad1ft11 Proa 110 horiiODta11J to 100 (JW, I, 8) C -.z.eunrab1l1 tra ll. Altitude 16 abOYe the hor1aoa 8w1ah1q, leNd aaund a11lar to rooket exbauat 3 lo exhauat trail obeerwe4 DOWNGRADED AT 3 YF.AR INTERVAlS: J)IC'MSIFIED AFTER 11 YEAR& IIIII: THIS DOCUIIEMT CONTAite INFORMATION AFFEC liNG THE NATIONAL t&ENSE: OF THE UNITED STATtS WITHIN THE MEANING OF TH ESPIOHAG[ ACT, SOU. S.C.- liMO& ASAIWIDED. ITS TRAHSNISSION OR THE REVn.ATION Of. ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAU'l'HORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. rr IIAY IIOT K AEPROOUC:m Ill WHOU OR IN PART, flY OTHER THAN UHil EO STATU AIR Fop AGEifCIES, EXCr1' IY I'EIUIIISIOH OF TH DIRECTOR OF