.;. NIJ:Ai.\E:l OF 0'\JF.CT$ ~. L ENGTH OF O~S!:RVATION 6 . TYP E OF OtiS~RVATIOH 9. PHYSI~AL EVID!HCE 10. CONCLlHIOH 11. BAIC:f' SUw-4ARY A.ND AH~LYSIS F TO S [; P 6 3 032? (TOE) P~YlO\Ia adJt1'>fta of till fo"" oa)' be u .. d PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Santa ~, Californi~ NUMBER OF OBJEC light blu e 10. AUGULAR VELOCTI, 11. PHOTOS per second OSSERVATION .h.J LSNGT OF TD a.ir visual ;,:merous blt!e li~hts appeared to close on orse~.~g aircraft. Another pilot confirm d .:.e observation b:t reporti ng t'riO KG-97 :Urcra!t over Santa Ana at the ti.'ile of iighting and stated that t particular tY?e :tircraft t-ta.J equipped with a con.side - ~ble number of blue formation li~hts. vlaa a ircra.ft -KG-97 (!~.!'bitely l t it'f fJ C :l I l !hJ' J. I i)V' ll J lJEcL~w.'~J,. fl.li. :.i ;!~J'.JC[J\SSfFl EO r l t l i. D 1rt~ ~tinn Di1~r-t i o n of 9 .rE-c k-rqny 'lul'lCL/\SSlFlEi; to a l 'lVal poH1 t 1o n th3n ~to~) d a nd ~ankdJ a~J ju~t be:~re Oisappa~r Tha r3.oa:J:'9 winds for t b a pos1t1on WJZ"ct 2.2.7/12 l..no'tc;. Cal1~or:'lt:l.. . UNCLASSlf\t:~o The! new :.;ightings looked im- portant. The tlnt report wa:; dat- ed Jnnu:try 9, 1 05:l. E1rly tha t eve- nint{. a 13-2!.1 bnrnber, with Capt . l GturgP Mudc.ltm :.tl the cont~ ol~. was nyint~ o vcr C:tlrfo1nia on a roulrm nti .. i(lll. Lt. Frank Br ~s. , the c:o pilot, h~tl the ris.:ht-h.llld t ~-.;:tt. (As iu ull Uw,;c (lniti,tl c .. :-.. . <'han~td.) It was a c lear night. They could 1 s<'e Sa uta Anu. !'omc J 6,000 f t:>t below. Jo:xctpl for the B-29, lh~ sky seemed to be <rnply. Capt u n addt:n was chcddn~ his in.~tru mcnts w hPn :.t (la~h of h im: !, H.i- denty caur;ht Brig{~:-. lye. J l e st:md out t o the right. Comins.: tow,,rd th~m. al fanla~tic spf.'ed, was a V - formation o( bluc-ltghtccl ObJ('dS. 1 nggs gttv e a !'hout of warning.l . Maddt-n took une look, hurrit:dly swt-rved t o the ldt. For u spltt secuncl, tire str:tng~: cwft St'elllf'd t o h old their speed. ThPn t h ,..y :.tbruplly sl11wed down , lht! V -for- mation twic;linti ih if a few of the 1 machines had ovcr::.hol. Bauktng <twa.v. they s lant('(! upward a 1tl vani~htd. Thou~h tdd<!n knew of n o s u pc:rsuntc.: tr-.t plane-that tuuld ake such spet-d, l.f cut in I t.:> , tntkt> tncl rolled atr-traOk rontrul.