PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLU~IONS lJ March 1951 3. OATITIM':t 'l' GMT lj/2)20Z 1. LENGTH 0, OISI .. VATION 2 minutes. McClellan AFB, Calitornta 4. TYPE Of OBSERVATION wx;roun d-Vi suol 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Air-Vi ._,o6 0 A irlntercept Rodor &. Civili.an NUMBER OfJ OBJECTS Rising toN 10. 1,_11' IUMMA,_Y 0, IIOHTINO 11. COMMt;HTS D Wos Balloon Proho.,ly Bolloon D PouiWy Balloon Wos AI rcroft Probably Ai rcroh Po ui bl y Ai rcroft 0 Was A Jiron,.. -.It d P robyhl y A )tr .. r.c.ml c o l Po uibl y Astronon~lcol UNIDENTI FIE:D. lnsuffielnt Do'fo for Evaluation \dtDeas aisbted object rroa car. stopped Possibility exl.sta that object was c ard viewed object described as round, a launch, however the repOrt did not 200 tt in r, cylindrical ani had contain launch data from the Air Ba white ta;lla attached. Object hovering. ed adjacent to sighting. Duration altitude at 2 000 tt. Object tumed in a ] for ~llom . Al.l other data indi""" direction Md M>ved at incredible speed, that this was a ball ocm observ-d.li becom:lng a speck in about l minut.e. Total t.ing Ho.,rever since the du~ation was sh"'-" lasted about 2 minutes. No A/C in v!cinit7 or and launch data not included the object. No refiection trom sun on the obj case is can-ied as mm>ENTIFIED. AT1C POIIM U9 (JIKY 21 8KP 12) HE.ADQUA .. TILRS SACRAMENTO AIR MATERIEL AREA McCLELLAN AI,. P'O,.CK .ASil Mc:CLaLLAH, CALIP'ORNIA SM.Al/IHB/eb RUD TOt S!i.Al )19.1 19 }-larch l95l Report of Incident Commanding GeDeral Kateriel Command .ATTDTIOB& JIIGli Wrigh~Patteraon Air Force B~e Da_yt on, Ohio 1. lst LieutenBnt lat Communications ~quadron, Griffia Air FQrce Baae, Ro~e, Uew York P~ attached for duty at Hq SUJMA. reported that on 13 Malch 1951, at approximately 1520 hours PSf while driviDg hia automobile in a westerly directioD on the main road ndJ acent to McClellan Air iorce :Baa e. and with 11rs. o.a paaaenger, sighted ell object es ti;aated to be at moe feet al t1 tude, hovering in the vicinity of the city of Sacr~ento, California, approx- i~ately seven (7) miles dis~ant fro~ the point of observation. 2. Lt. stated the ~i~e of t he object especially drew his attention nndthat he stopped hia car and stepped to the ground to bet- ter view the object and to determine what it \13S diameter and 90 feet twin tails attached, de~cribed the objec~ as approximately aoo feet in deep and cylindrical, with what appeared to be 4. Jta he watched the object he states it turned in a northerly direction away from the city and a!:>peared to lilOVe at incredible speed vi thout sound or trails of aey sort and disappt ared to a mere apt ck and then from hia viaion in leas than a ginute. The overall time he witneased the operation was a ~uration of approxioatel7 two (2) mi~tes. No other aircraft were in the vicinity of the reported obJ~ct. No 3ol- ar reflections appeared from the object which mi~t tend to diatort its confirms the lieutenant s obaervationa. .J D DECLASSll-'lED O.lQ o ' ' Ut1CcAS~\E\EO. UN,LAS_SIEIEO. SubJ: lleport of 1DC1dent 6. Bo other peraona re~rted auch an object that day am DO article appeared in the local nevspa;ers a.s h avin,a been witnessed lJy ptople .i.n i.n near the cit.t 7 EO meteorological phenomena waa reported. s. ihe weather that day waa clear and cloudless with light winds, unl iaited via1bilit,-. FOB THI COWWIDlliG GDli:RJL: C&i)tain, US.Ai' Chief, lntelligeDCe Section DO\VNGllADED AT 3 YEAR l~TERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. neD PlR s2oo.1o, .DNeCASSlElED '"- - ..