PROJECT 10073 RECORD C~ ~4. TihB 15 NUiiB&1 OF OBJEC'rS 16. 'SHAPE 7. COLOR ts. COURSE [9. ALTITUDE tlO. Al'IGULAR VELOCITY ll. PHOTO~ 12. 'l'l"PE OF 1..,:~. LE1lGTH OF TDIE lL.. NANEUVERS OBSZRVltTION (~4-~) OBSER~btJ :tJtt:'"/Pri:V '--, 15. CotlCLUSIONS DUARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 18th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAl INVESTIGATIONS AF SPECIALIZED DEPOT, BOX 310, MAYWOOD, CALIF SlJ3JEC'l't :r.tndin~o of Un~o:ivc:1t:to.1.1.l/~:i.rl>olno O!J:)~ct3 r.~n Diezo, Callion1ir., l!:.n:ch to Jm~o 19.52. Director of C#.)~clt.l Invo~t.ic.:Ltic~lo lto~l,.qi.~"rt.eru Un:ttcd !Jtatos J,ir l ''Ol.'CB 1. SY'IOP~:rns Sonrc.:> o? lnfor .... ~tic.1, nn nc.ro-A."l.'lutical cn~t.nr.:~r, (;='1 T':J.c;~o, CnJ.ifornia ::nd a~;::;oci-:ttc:.; r~:. .W.in:: in <.l:JJ'l't~r<::tt loc~.l:ttlvo i n t~w fnn fJlc::,o Ol'C.'l, hu-vc .rc~. :!cd a rr;.l.;:1nr~ ~:.ltlCCJr f;i~rl1ttn.r: Clu~". l.hc-;1 an unldcntifiod ncri::l o:lj c ct. i~. ~:i.rhtocl, othe r n.: .1~f;)rr.; ~2e nl c,rtocl ttJ;. f.u~l:cr :tdont,ific:1.tio:l., tr~lcki .. "1;.:;, ;:n d t:-i<mr;u.L:~t.:i.cn. So,trcc lnn s1rhtinco l:Pdo durtn,; fo::..r r.1onth l) J:A:lcd, !!:J.rch to Jurt.n 1?52. lln tioalr'll C..i..t.:r Cn..1:\.foril1a, uith the Ccn:::oli,l:it,cd- \'ult.ce Airc:;.~ .. ft COl'i)vr~tio;ll f.t '! L fic;;ol c lU'o':.11.i:J._, ClCivlbcc th'1t h~, nlo~1e "t-,ith ~cvcl~l other onclncc.r.:J h :.B io1~A.cd n volunt-?.ry S~uccr ~.tr,htinr: Club" Tho )!"~l 'iUCl.'3 o~ t;u~ clt:.i.1 ~i.vo in vnricu~ 1:-otnt.s in ~nd ::r()u.ir1 Crill fic:';o " nc1 i:L:; Oltbi.:.:t.'t;;. J;.ccol'C:Ln;-: J"'" \JL~Jn cno ti~riber tJi~htn nn \ml.dcnt.il'lc d c: JjccJ" iu tho r:.~:y, h o i n:'l''<il at0l7 nlert~ other n:m"Jor::: of the cluh b;:r t~l<.~pho~:l so t h1 t. n tri:lr4[u1ntlon ;;. !d nec)it,icr..ll nicht1n,~3 CM b0 f.l:tdo. hn.~ r;i.lb!~Jittcd to thio or L'.l.co r c.PO=' t.s nlo:-1"': Hith v=-rl- ous l~thc:nticnl cc:~;")!..tt~:tticn:; c vv :rln,:: sl;~rr~.L'l::; nl<!:) b y lhi~ :ro:!.:'l r.n All i.:~c~o :;l~:ht.l.n;;n ,..-exo r:-.ado :1t ni~ht n.-u.l CO!lcox-a l'::~toor-J.il-:c o~.'jc.:!ts. I ncluded ld th t h e nboYo C:--'.1-Lf'Ol n-t~. 'Ihc~o l."t'!!>Or n olmilo. ,_. Nttj 1?52 by Iir. Gll.ADED AT s YF:Ait I~T~RVALS: c.S\r\t.U !;'iCLAs.glFIED AFTER 12 YhARS, '~1C~;;:~ FindtngD ot Uncoavontio:1al Airborno O~jcctn, ~an Diotio C:lliforniA, lh xch to Jw1o 19~2. ll July 19~2 All or tho nbm .. o reports, nlon~ ul th tlao CO;tpllt:d~toan or 11r. u his collcaeuos., :lrc inclocod il~ tho 2.t,tnchc d envclcpo ns Inclo.J- uro ;~1 to thts rc1Jort, for tho Cc:n;::lndin::t Go:1cral A:u l~a t:,(lricl Cor:'.ri:'lnd, 1-lric.;ht-Pattorson Air li'orco Dnse, Dayton, Ohio, Attcntton : !~CIS. ). .ACTIOih No further nc:tlon. in tldo JI:".,Ltcr is contor,tpL'\tr.d; h~H~var, if nnd \dlCll adcdt.i.onal l'Oportu n:tc r eceived from llr. CArJtJ thoy 1;-lll b\) proi:l forwa1dod for ovalWlticn. Co:,l.'':landin.'!, General }.ir Hn tcrlol Co:-r,lklnd r:rlc>~t-Pattcrsvn J\ir Force Daso Dayton, Ohio IL'tTrh NCIS, v/incl ns J istod in nbcrvo letter o::t:J.'E o a Krr2?F. Colonol, U3J~ Di9t:rict, Co.um:>.ndc r l:t i W'l. I' s l oyl:f f! .s t;vr..lr d . ::I; 'i Ch> t'l J. t'J l:;)t.lDn of th~ T ,., J.S U\'able I;,.J n~-'~' th of rr~. h o t .:ou. r~ llin ... i l ylJ!; 5n ''t'j':~ct J.J,.~ onl:sid~ th-.: ] i mi t:.1 l:no"rlc!dc..: :nvl cr~n .1.)1., t o i' P.Df. CO:'Y FIR_ c l::.t.JL L 0(- A.5l.u r ! ' S f>opJT 2FT.:: ~OOo3f> LI9T!IU:Oc 'GREEN WITH LONG TAIL' ~ \.HundredS See fireball ~ Flash Across S. D. Sky Hundreds of startl!'!d San Dl who reported :;e~ln1 the phelc egans !law a "1reen firebAll with nomenon. 11 t u " b !lev~ to be a me-Most of them "~rel!d ft W8, a a IJnil a to larJ,:e mus of gret"n Jl~ht. trail tror, s trea'ktn: through the lntr a Jon~. fi~ry ~it. It an~lf"d ky south of here soon alter 7:30 downward for sP.ver~tl nrts l.tt~t ni~ht. and the n app~rently hurnP.d out T he Union, the Ct1as t Guard and disillppe:tred !Tom view. , ~ Rurl<Jiph M. Ltpp?rt. :-l'cret:try l'tatlon, N :w y in:.tallatlons and Clf 1hl'! San Diego A~tmphyslcal t l " pollee were f~ooded with calls Society, ten tatively identltied 1t f rflm curlou.!l l'CStdents In all 15PC a~ a J<Jr;!e me teor. tte s:tld t b"':s ct the metropolltan area th'! ' 'bf;t fellow! usu:tlly h:tve a - ~reenish color." A ir l!nl'! pilots . . . I 'a I T'.J e thp Coast Guard and th!! N-.vy '-t a lso t entatively evaluated it as a Q N TQ DAY The Coast Gmmi Sf>nt a hP.ll I' cC'Ipter aloft to investi~:ate thP. re -----------------lports but I t saw nothing unusual. \ Comics-Page a-~ Ch~>~ter Sllvern~til, !:5tl\te College C mnty ~ew3-Pa l'l-4. ""rronomy prorP or, :-:aid r e ):,ll torl~tl~P.,ge b2. rorts s~mf"ft to lndicatP. t ha t tht' , Jo'ln~tnciai-Pa~e!' :.-12, 13. CirPh l' ll proh~thly w~t a meteor. ~p.,rts-Pa~r~ h3, 4, :J. He ::-a id this coulrt not b~ Ac ~ 'fV-Rl\rt!o-Pa$:e a-6. l'llrAt~y determinNt withmtt n 1 'fhPl\teoi"'-Pi\~P. :\9. port~ of the nirPl'tlon ot lravcl , \Yomen '3 News-l'ages a-10, 11. speed and aitit\ldt!.