3. DATE-TIME GROUP 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Fe1r Seconds BRIEF SUMMARY O F SIGHTING Sotmd ovf>r overcast.(at A'l'lC FORM 329 (REV 26 SI!!P $2) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION S Co:-on1do, Ca.llt\,'-ni~ 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon TYPE OF OASER~TIOH 0 Po ssi b l y Boll oon Wos Aircraft 0 Ground-Y.t!!:K.<Il 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Ai rcrah 0 Ai~ Vi suol 0 A ir-Intercept Radar Pa:ssibly Ai rcroh Wo:s Astronomi col Probably A stronomical Ni:P.tary, Rot. General 0 Possibly Astronomical NUMBE R OF OBJECTS Insufficient Data for Evolvotion E..."\.-trei'Tl.e Object Insuff:i ci-:nt. data. SP(l? I?lT~.T .. ICE~lCE RE?!.Jlr.r b;:r )-!ajor UeneraJ. Hapo:zot of Gnj dentilied l~erial Cb~ect. a=:i:Ja Cor ps,. .::cti~ed, 22 July 1954 a t Cct'Onado, ca ... or~a. a d"Ti9.sd t hat., 1-1-hil e stand j n~ i., !'ro.at o.f :u3 home ')U Gloriatt.a -oulavar d a t exactly 08U hours O.:l t.:ti.s ::-.o!'nin. .. ~, r.e :-:a d ::ea.rd the s o1md of u.:1 obj5ct, l.ihich appeared t o b e ;;r oceed.L:lg sl:L;:....tJ.,r ::!Out;1-west. at a .:;peed ~1hich he estina':.ed t o b e t'll!-ee t o .rc~:.r .,_:es -.:he s;:e~d o l a .iet. nor deS(",ri:Je the object :na~ the sound, as .~ .1id :1o t ~e.a it. a s rlc'P nal l,y r~ported, but had ~ard ita scund only . Ee said. that. t he soUlld D.? t o be above the O"rercast wr.ich be '38"t;i:Mi:.ed Ul ~ at. trith 700 teet acatter~d, a...~ visi:,illty six r.Ula.s. General .:further stated thAt be considered the sound be he..ard i moortant c.nozgh to repol"'t, as during M.s 26 years in i-mi.!le aviation, he bad bec011a acqointed with the sotmd of Jets, rockets, and a.rtil.~er,r shells, and that the s.ound be had heard did not seem t o b e any o t hese aod nppered to eou n-om an ob travell:! ng a.s fast or .taster than an arli1lel'Y shel 1.. General. said that j :mnediately upon hearing t~ sound ~ went into bis houaa, checked the time b y telephone, and then nport.ed the matter tel..ephonteall.,-t o the Duty Officer at the ~iaftl. Air 3. .ACTIOUt ~io simil.uo rsporta :oelative to this catt<lr :~era re= cei:vad, aod ::JO act1.on was t.aksn as a result. o! t~a repor!, b y thi5 District ~fica+ .. \ R.Tmla !,. CA.v.&Rotll r;olonel, OSA.7 tistric~ C dar --Air Technical Dltalligtme8 Center :iright-Patterson 1r Foree Bue, Ohi.o A~ t AXLU.-2C -2 UNCLASSJFlED Ofltc2 o/ :;p c1at lnnsti~atton !Gl USAF P. D. B>Jx 310 MJt HOOd , Cal,iorma 17 August l:J54 ?.eport of Dnident.:i i'iad Aerial Cbject b7 ~Iajor General 1954 at. Cor()lVIdo, C.aJitornia DEGI..-o\SS1FlED . :. F'TL G. 1 ~ ;tE.A!{.:i. DOD DIP.. 520tYlO TO I :Cil-1.!etor, Spec: j.al ln"'est.iga t.ioos ::ead~, uSA7 1 . S1)lOPSISt en 22 Jl1.q 1 9_54, i~jor General. D'. s .:~ Corpe, P.etind, advi:sed that., ':li'hile st.andjng in f:ron1i oX hi s home on this da-:.e, he bad heard the sonnd o.f an ob.jeet. in the owreaat. which indicated that it was in a sout.hwaater'!7 d j rect.ion at an extreme rate of' speed. saj d that dur:i ng his 26 yean ill ~ a"rl.ation, be had heard comparable to th:is, and thereroxe. felt the liRtter shcul.d be reuorted 2. BEUTT.St <h 22 Jul.7 1~4, Mr. D1st.rict Intelli~ance u.tfiee, 3leTenth Naval. , , Ca11 torn:ia, talepboni.eal17 advised -sot. JJl.MES EI. }lci:m7DI o this District's 3an Diego, Cali for1 d a, 'Detacllweut, that t.'le Operations Duty Ot.f'icer at. .iorlh Islacd 1Ja'V'IU D:1ego, eau fornia., had reported. t,iJat. :tajor u. s. 2'ar.ine Cor?s, J.eti..red, had contacted .Jase Operations at the Ja A1r Station and .r9ported the :Jighti.ng o:l an unj C.nti ttad aerial ob jeet.. O:l 22 Jul.] l:t5~, ~1ajar ~.ae.rlll J.. S . ~:a.rins Cor;:>s, J.etired , UJ 2 aoriet t.a. Boulevard, Coronado, Calif- orni~, '!:laS i.ntarrieved 'J ] .Special .'u7ent. JA~C.:S c . 'c:GVI:i . '1eneral UNCLASSIFIED