1. DATI TIMI 4. NUMIIR OP OIJICft S. LENGTH OP OIIIRYATION .. TYfll OP OIIIRYAT10M "- t. PHYSICAL IYIDINCI t. LOCATION 11. IIIIP SUMMARY AND ANAL Ylll a~u~''l'?Jta ~370rH ALl :J.\:;~ o.hUlDd:..il W:lJ :J~aoh tbnicip!ll A11'tx~r\ lont< Jcaob, CaliJ."omia Into cya Chiat, Air 't'echnicu Intelli3enc Cen~er wrf3ht-P~tterson Ac~ Jl ,_I1J....NIII UN&ASSIElEQ INifiiiGENCE INFORMAnON REPORT 237oth Air Dase l<:lng Beach Cali. Cn 2S April 1953, 1st Lt Ba.lph a. Scowden -.ras nying T-6 aircrnft Sll 44~a209 through the Cajon Pasa l'lhen he sighted unidentified fiying objects as described in the attached si&ned statement. IJNct:ASSIF.lED 1. 08.J'IC! SIQK'tED 1. Dlacription 'uNCLASSIFIED Oii'O'Ila~ Bo eattmate siaoe diatanos was not known "'ire amlaer Two , tour , a~?rox1matelJ sixteen maxi~m. 5. Formation . .:,t first in normal two sh&p elements, then as the B. Ae~ grease4,both abrea$t ani unsystecatio b~ll 1, Trail or Exhaust tormatinn_. z;one ssen 2. Propulsion , t:nlmown t 1ro wa.J or est1zrAt1ns. 5. Uaneuvers None exoe~t t~e ohanges in formation. :ihen the -~ d rormation,they just a,9eared. e ghts eoame undisoernable ~s I le~ down Time of Sigh~X0(1tJl!o!rfl7e!.o&\?r Long Beach. A. length of time observed 2200 PD'l 28 .e\.pr. 53 Jnner of Observation (Visual or Electronic) Visual A. From Air or Surface .~ir 2. Altitude 3. Type of A _:a art B. ~.type of optical or electronic.equipment used should be described 1 V. Location of Observe_, A. Iatitude and, ~1!~u~ B. Location of Ob1ff~in respect to observer . 1. Distance .. UaJmown, but 1 t seemed to vary. 2. Direction s d between g and 11 o o1ook until turn to ant-. Identifying. H Cb.tP,~ 1rll8WoJ.'lftol~s~ o' o!:ook. A. Reliability and Experience B. Estimated Reliability of Sighting Weather and Winds Aloft Clear with an i~version at a~out 3000' and hdze Arr3 aeti vi ty or Conditions ( r~eteror logical or othcmise) !1hich Hight Account for Sighting Jets were flying at 31 Toro. Vlll. Existanee of any physical evidence. A. Frapenta tt one B. Pbotogre.pha bO\VNGRADED AT 3 Y~ \n I~TERVA!.S: OECLASSLr.'JED A::::T!.~ 12 YE.\ :-l.;. 1 ~NCt:ASSIFIED IDterception Identitieation Action Taken X. Location ot ~ Air Tratfic in General Area at Time of Sighting Xl. Winda and Velocities at Altitudes Indicated at !ime Object Sighted . Xll. Remerka (Aey o.dditional or miscellenous information ~ot completely covered b.Y the fbove) ! waa &lyin~ through Ca.tan pass when I tlrst s a\tt two li3hts ahead. !heae two li&hts ~ewe amber and although they did not look like wing li&Ata , I trieA to watoh them, aaaucaing them to be a t~ro ship !orma- tion. I lost them and later saw two more whenoved Fontana. These two joinet by two more end these tour saemed to be fls-in~ a normal .. tour ship tormation .&t no time iid I see any normal colo:bed naviga- tion lighta. ~hen more lighs joined the tirst tour in a groupin~ aotion. T.bia group seemea somet~es .to be abreast and so~eti~es to be just tlJ1ng 1n a goup as sparrows do. ~lthough : ha4 no wa~ or telling their speed, they see~ed to be mevini parallel an4 slightly toward me at tirat and them later seemed t& go aoathward. I oontaoted Lon& ~each tower in an attem to have o y .sighting can- t irc.ed,. and ".vas intor:aed that t!l.ere were l'!avy jets round-rooinin3 to Cata~ina Ialand .-It is quite ~ossible that it there were a n~ber or them r171ng , I was loo1!in~ down their exhausts. But as ! said bet ore, I never saw anJ conventional navigational lights near these lights, ana I saw them trom ontana to the time that I entered the hazs level at ~ong 3eaoh when they ap~eared to be due ~out~ ann goir~ away.