PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION ( ' Angclco, Calil': 3. OATF.T~ GROUk J , ... TYPE OF oa~t:RV~TION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was B o lloe>n Probably Oallno n Pos~ibly Oolloo n 0 Wo s Aircr aft Lo'.ot/.:Lrf_,. (J rlt ~J M'-'x~. l 0 Grcund v. !.uol 0 Ground Radur GMT .. ?::rlof.{:Q(I.!"l: _ I 0 Air-Visuol 0 Arrlnt~rc<!!pt Rodur D Probaoly A~rcrult a p 0 s '\ i b l y IIi I cr 0" .S. PHOTOS , . 7 . l.l:tJCTH OF OBSERVATION &. NUh~BER OF ODJECTS I 9. COUR!,:: 0 Wo~ Astro11u tni C(JI Probably A;;tconomico l 0 Po:-.s tbly A:~tronornicol ---~ Othe~:A'I1~RSt1QTS on 0 Insufficien t r oto for Evaluatio n 0 Unkno;r<n . i1EGATIVE 10. BRIEF $UMI:t4R'( OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ObJects were Wldoubtcdly due to vatcr spots P'aotoco t o.kcn showed "object~". on necativc. Very common on photograph3. Ilee;ativeo not requosted. ATIC YORM l29 ( REV 26 SEP 52) . WESTERN AIR PROCUREMENT DIST.,IC r AIR M/\ TERII:L COMiv\AND 1SS W. WASIIINC oON OlVD. LOS ANGI:llS, CAWO!<NIA Ill "!:PLY ltEFI" TO HAIL AIJOn E ;r, fOliO\''I NG O fFICI ... 0 . I}()'( 3a H:lh'III'IL: ;r~; l tn "'lOll L.OS ANGLilS !i4, CAl II \):\iO \ SlJBJEC,"'r: Pho t.ographs SubDJ.l.t ted for FNaluation TO' Comm.ancUng Officer Air Technical Intelligence Center 11~5th Hq USAF Field ActivitieB Group "Jright-Patterson JlF Base, Ohio 1. Nr. residir.g at Downey C~li fornia, visited this Ha~dquarlers today and photo- graphs that. he thoue:ht ndght be or intie~&~rt. to the A:lr Foree. They are attached hereto. AJ_l thr~e or theee phot.ogra~h:J uare trtken or th~ eaM.e ccene e.nd \lhen dsveloped the or~a sho.,l'led objects in the skJ" that vere not apparent on the other tuo. 2. 1-lr. nware or the fact that the developing process Jnight have brought about an hper tcc-ticn, but because the spot::. are rc.eul<Ar in appearance and ror whatever value might be attached to tham~ lie thought they should be delivered to an Air Force 1apresentative. P.ec~nt 1Dsues of JJfe Na;:;azine showir.g pict\U'es or so-called "flying &:meers" pror11pted his thoq~ht. ). The following inf'or:nation Has obtained from Nr l"ogard to thase ~note graphs: a. 1 is in busine3s tor himself selling buil<l:ll1g 6npplias and h:l.rd....,are. lie has no connectio"1 with ru1y contre.ctor doing busii193S with the Air Force. h. His phone n~;her is c. Th9 pictures were t.aken tro111 Grtf'fith Pa!'k planetarit1m, Oritfhh Park, Los Angelea, C~litornla on 20 Ap1~l 1952 about an hour UNCLASSJFlED . Ltr to Air Tech. Intelligence Cent.er, 112Sth H'l US'!.F Fld Activities Gp~ H-P AFB, Ohio, dtd 1 N..cy-S2, Subj t Photo3 SubJnitted for Evaluation. d. At the tirna tha~e pieturea ue1e taken, H1. -:1as accompanied by his wife and another couple visitir~ thof!l !rol'ft Hichita , Y.ansas. Uone or those pres~nt rerr.ambdr seeing anything in t.h~ sky, but. they were looking at the sceneey lath9r than 1n the sky. e. The pictur~s ware tak-:n of the Hol:Quood "lights" at n:tght tiue, 1n a direction &G ne31 as cn.;l ba detarmineu, \-lest. South West of thA Griffith Park planetarium. r. The pictUl\33 HGl'e 'rhr..1a uere t:lken uecause Nr. w~s an adequ~te recorJin~ of thaze about 15 t o 20 &oconds ap~rt. wanted to b e certain that thc):i.."e g. Expo3Ura tiv.e ~as ~25th at a lens opening of 5.6. h. Pictures were taken on a Kodak r.X>uel 3~. FCR THE COMYMIDING GE!TERAL a .- GUY B. RICHARDSON, JR Lt Colonel US~F Inspector Ger.~ral, \.:Z.~D UNCL/\SS!F 1f