DATI TIMI Ci vil~.t1n NUMIIR OP OIJIC:TI LENGTH OP OlllltVATION 6. TY&t! OP OlllltVA TtON 7. COUitll 9. l'HYIICAL IVIDIMCI I. LOCATION Situn.tiuu i s 1.1. IRII, IUJMIAitY AND AMALYIII f1'0m ':.h.~ sulroimditl.:.; ::.t::!osph~ra. fl11.s clourl SUi.'""'C'L4!l<0 d the cloud r : li.in~rl 9te.: .. lonn~ ~.h.ntt 5 ft.::et. ah:>v.J .u'v s ~.~one .::uw aoout 'J-h ;:!inur.es. I r fJe; r~.J rz.. ( or tmf dat1tte4 fl71D8 obJects. 'lbe aJ.p'ktnga you ~r to baft beD aa poaailtle balloon. ~ long tiM intezval betnen at aD4 :te;port1Df1 tbeee obJects preclucla 3 more aoauzate aaal.l'd a" tbt a lAte date. 101" J'OUZ" I q 1Dcl oai.Da tbe l.a teat or Pact Oil aubJeo1: c4 mt ~t1ec1 f'l11ns obJects. Bat1Ciii&L Lite .... 920 uild1DS rrev Or~, Load aiala !BJor, -us,, ~ o~r.r.~1cer Public IDf'ora'tica D1 otftce ~ TntozU c ... cll SMEET AIIICMID 8Y '1'1 !llalttal lOUT I Ill tnJtlel rN eol" .. to denote rolow ~rlor to ectlon, tnltlol our eolu to denote rl of co~lt~d (Jr lor eotJ01t: fll' lor ooordlnellon,J IN OFFICE OUT OUT IN OFFICE OUT IN OFFICE OUT IN OFF ICE DIN I OUt I OIN AF"OIN IX OINIC AFOtltX t>IS .. ATCH SAFIS-3. Major Tacker FROMU'ciN-~ COIIIotiNT NO, COfiNfNTI ((,too rnoroo, U rtoooooor,) 4Eli/T/Sst Bolieu/cln were enluated aa poaaible balloon. There ia a u. s. Weather Bureau Balloon-launcbin& site in Sacramento which poaaibly launched a balloon November 15, 1952 just prior to his sighting. ... 20. 195.3, aight iDe ill Loa Arlgelea He states this objeot claaoeDCled =at directly oYer hia head at an alt.itude of tiTe teet. We are aure Mr. at least f1Ye teet tall, giYe or take a couple ot inobaa. in whiell cue it would have been s1tt1DS on h:la head. Tbe object re- motion1eaa tor about fiYe minutes at thia altitude. It was described aa the exact aize of a n1ght football. It must not haTe frightened bim because t reported untU the latter part of 1954 NICHOI+S PC8'l' 1. Ltr dtd 1 1UD 56 Asa1atant Deputy SCience and CompoDenta Cy ltr uD4t4 ~ AFHO 7 :~:--.. 081 ,.IVIOUI IDITtONI 0' THIS ,OIIM MAV USED. ~NT, WMtrr NIW Oti&.UI. LoutltA"A Ptlotlll ... .,, P'OUNDrD MUTUAL NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPAN"l" MONTPELIER, VERMONT GENERAL AGENCY ATLANTA GEORGIA hLl,.140fll JA l Ul2 1 t/UulNl/.' ce1 a.,..rlqlno;a &a ,_ probal47-.. the Air ,_. .. heataA .1 aetl91t precru la tb.S.a f11 aer ~t.a put Mnral ~are ar:MI your ra~ar' wUl 'be -....4 owr ~ o11r analyta tor t\lnhr eftlUA'l l a'taelt.lq a ooJI~ the "U s. Alr i'or ' t -.r, ol ~Nilta '101a C~oemsa, tbe TIDI:SantL~ ~ . ~ ~-PNpu 11blala U tbe lat.et lana tM Air ro .... ._. nt~Mll.lbM !a taala . &lcle ~ Seat tl~, \'3ushington Chief IntelligP.nee Officer . Intelligence vf'fice . . United ~tates Air Forces Waehin~ton, D. c. " . . I would like to repott, as a matter or ' . off'ieial record an ot:r.urrence tha~ I believe . .. may be of some 1nt~rest, at le rtst as a matter . t '. .. or official record. t: , In Saer~Am~nto. Co.lifom'ia,. on about Novem- it w~s my privil.,~e to witness ~-.. . the a pre& ranee cf. a \.rh1 ~e scone in the sky at . I -a hei&ht or aoout 100 fee6. Tho ti:.e WnS about f. . observed this white ~-:one it mnved acro"ss "the-'" f . . sky in an qaaterly liir~ction ht a very rapid . 1 rate anc! dissap~eared. This cbservaticn was . "' me. de in the rear of rn; reside nee at 4g00 .,. . f : Cibcla way in Sacrcmento. . ~ Cia arproximatel:; llay 2l~, 1~5) in the city t: : . of Loa1._n les, it w~s my privilet;e to observe : ~ :. deacendine o~er my h~t.d, ar;,arently the same 1 . ' . wh1te atone. The time was aboue~.a.m and it. .. ; . ~ was.a clear, sunny de:;~. The stone d&sc~nded .. "._ . . !roaa almo~t directly overhea.~ and slightly ~ ;., . "' ... ~, f'rom the N "r.h.,at. ! t ca1ne to rst abruptly ;_, i . over my. he~d at abcut f'ive(5) r _eet altitude . ... .. ., f:. . : and obviously waa contro:l i 'in some Wily. '-~ ;' ~!.. :J . It s exact ~1 ze we.. s . ~lmost identical to a . t_. ' nicht r~otba.ll ~nd this was what it at first \ ' '~ reminded me or fpr its op arnnee and 41:nension ~ wer.e abcut the s&m~ P.xcert th~t it w~s pure white anc thete were no mark-rn~ upon it or any As soon as it hae halted 8bove my h d, (I did not ~k mr eyes from it) a small white clo\ld :.s : .. =-. &at.hered s owly aoo\lt it. lr~ the surrounding a atmosphere. Thie was v~ry unusual because the cloud was created fr~m ncthir.~ ett all and drawn together as thou~h ~th some ~lectrical ! l force. There was a sli;_;."lt smell or S"Neo:Jl; pertume ' in .the air at the time. . ~'"' The stone and cloud remained aoove my head t -..; .. . or' a ":'eriod or abcut five ( 5) minutes &nd then \,} ver)r sio,;ly aseended up'll&rds until oue of si~t. ~: ' Its asc~n!icn ".fas slow l'e1,Ui!"ing abo ._ af!CUU::!e of the nature oi' this cbserva.tion r.:! ! belie,te that :f':U rli,~ht d~nite to iave this " .~ . . , such infor:r.ation may help you 1n so 1 v1n~ "'the --1. "'-. I. appearance or oth'e~ U:le:~;)lained r h e nomf1na ; ~.::, sizhted by other per~ons. I {V~ My 2u1 file is a vu il~'ol ~ to rou and ary . 1 ;(' training in anti-aircra1't observation is a .= .; _ . matter of record. 'r: :1 . : I hereby swear this to be true under f111 -. oath as an ofticer of. the J..ir Forces or The Plea~ 1n~o1 m me U"' you r~cei ve this .. - , -.: . to be indicated for ob.vious reasons thou;h . .:u,~ any practical rea.sc-n esca~es me. . , -:~ '#~-;tl