PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS July l95l:. .'.nr;cl c s , Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon DATE-TIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft t!l Ai,.. Vi tW al 0 Airlntercpt Radar Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probobl y Astronomi col Possibly Astronomical L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS U.:UD '""'ITT i='I:Il In sufficient Data for Evoluotion SUMMARY opr SIGHTING st.?.tioP..ar-J horizontal tr.IID.::i ;TI FI.n . parallel t o ruet.:tllic. cli..':lbad Circli."lg rru.ss~on. di d .:1ot ap:e~-r:od A'riC PORM 329 (RttV 26 SEP 52) 1:::: JHPRH ~2IV 7~-: Cot1DR NA~Cn FLT SV CE:N t~ARCH AFB CALIF TJ J~DEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO :TP/CO~mR ATIC \vRIGHT- PATTERSmJ AFB OHIO JS:?~{'l/D !RECTOR OF INTELL TGENCE HQ USAF f.JASE DC . .J::::PFF/CONDP.. HP.TS ANDRT;iS AFB HAS!f DC ~r.-oB -ON::: D:::SCRIPTIOi1 OF OBJECT ALFA SHAPE PENCIL THI~J LINE _2AIJO U~JKNO J COCA COLOR METALLIC OR SIMILAR MATERIAL ECHO ?O?.i'!ATim l SINGLE FOXTROT NO SPECIFIC FEATURES DISCER,JIBLE GOLF . ::GI\TPJE HOTEL NSGATIV:S INDIA TMO TEST PILOTS OF HUGHES AIRCP.AFT ;0:1P FLYING IN A B-25 SOUTH:ASTERLY HEADING APPROXHiATELY 1 5 'JILES SOUTH::::AST OF TH~ CITY OF LOS ANGELES SIGHTED AN OBJ:!:CT LOOKnlG .IKE P.. PnlCIL THI N LDI~ HJ HORIZmlTAL PL.l\NE IN RELATimJSHIP TO THE EART!f .?u BOTH PILOTS r!ADS SIGHTI.JG Sif'IULTANEOUSLY PD OBJ::::CT APPEARED TO ) : Ill P1 STAT I m!ARY POSITIOt1 PD AIRCRAFT CLil1BED TO 1l,J!~0 "',J.;:r,T PD OBJCT DID P9 ')'2JZCT .SCRIPTIOI! OF COURSE OF 0!3J:::CT STATIO:'AR'! POSITIOU ALFA T HRiJ ~:<TROT UNJalO':JN THR~E ALFA B.~I<!:R t~:GATiifE HJFO AIJAILA'2LE COC!\ B;:{AVO -:TfY ARPT FOUR ALFA 3:Jl 8 1 5Z:JLU JULY 54 BRA /0 DAYLIGHT V1SI8ILIT~ :LHiiTZD FIV U IKNO':JN SIX ALFA ENGLERT A~m PETSRSON TZST PILOTS ... T Con P : :ro AI!AIL~3LE SEVE~! ALFA BAKE:P. UN:<NOUN COCA UNLH!ITED DELTt, u:iLII'IIT'SD .."::;HO FOXTROT ~J:::GATIVE ~IG:-:T n.::::GATP/E Nil'!~ NEGATIVE TE~J PILOT PE:T:::P.SON :.; r;ATIO~lAL GUARD J'ZT PILOT AND FELT SIG~ING H1PORT;;~T ENOUGH -o:1 SCRA.!ELE Ai\ID JET L ITSRC:::PT ATTSNPT BUT Ut~ABLS TO ESTABLISH RADIO . : :7ACT r:!ITH V.O.. j N:.JYS >L~.TIO~JAL CU.~R!) OPS :::LZ\!Zr-1 iLt.NY AIRCP.A?T FLYING ~;on SOUT~f:!:RLY DIRECTiml S[~1[!) TO PASS u:osRtlE:~.TH OB.JSCT ~iiT:fOUT :::~rr;G IT TYP: U~JK:o.JO~JN T';JSLVE ASISTA~JT OPS:RATIONS OFFIC!!:R i;A~C:I FLIG:tT >-:':'liCE: c:::NTZR LD POSSIBL~ CAUSE OF SIGHTING UNK~JO~iN P.SCEI "1C~ FLIGHT S~RVICE C~JlT:::R 1 424P 30 J'JL 5 1 : /2321 2 JUL J tJPRf! .\GE: TlJO JHPRH 2 1IV cr DISAPPEAR WHILE ~AKING 30 DEGRE~ TURNS. OBJECT APPEARED ~0 BE SOLID AND OF METALLIC OR SIMILAR ~1ATERIAL. AT THE SAME TIME ~EJECT WAS SIGHTZD A NAVY ACFT FLYING FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION . :EMED TO PASS UNDERNEATH OBJECT WITHOUT SEEING IT. PIL ~TIONAL GUARD F86 PILOT AND FELT OBJECT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO F86 SCRAMBLE MADE FROM VAN NUYS TO TRY A~iD I~TZRCEPT HC~EVER RADIO CONTACT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND I N INTERCEPT ~J~. VSBY UNLIMITED. SIGNED PILOTS ENGLERT A~D PETERSON TEST ?ILOTS C~ HUGHZS ACFT CORP. ADDRZSS HUGH S ACFT CORP D ~PT 24 P -~lAS 0 7111 EXT 21~2 RECEIVED BY MARCH F/S 1424P S M E R G E N C Y JEDWP DC: JEPHQ 0 1F 7:: HQ USAF \:JASliDC TO ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ---- ~X COi~DR MARCH FLT SV CEN MARCH AFB CALIF TO J EDW .l/C 0:1DR ADC ENT AFB COLO PI/COMDR COMWESTSEAFRON J~PHQ/C/S USAF WASH 25 DC ;?236 B25 TEST PILOTS ENGLERT AND PETERSON FLYING I N A ::P.INT~NA.!CZ TEST HOP FOR HUG:-t:::s .l\CFT CORP. AT APPROXIMATELY lll~PDT BOTH PILOTS AL~OST SI~1ULTANEOUSLY SIGHTD A STRANGE JECT ~Ji:-ILt: FLY! NG Atl :::P.sT SOUTHZAST P.EADnlG APPROX It1ATELY 1 5 : :L!...:S SE FRet': LOS A~lG::::LE:S. OBJ.:.CT LOOKE:D LIK: A PZNCIL THIN -_I:E IN ttORIZONTAL PLANE IN RSLATION T O E ARTH. APPEARE:D TO BZ IN , STATIONZRY POSITION. AIRCRAYT WAS FLYING AT 701ZFT A I RSPZ:::D !7::-:PH ~HZN OBJECT FIRST SIGHTED OBJECT A?PEAR~D TO BE ABOV~ ---~ --=z~FT. AI~Ci<AFT CLI~18ZD T O 11Zc00FT AllD t1ADZ 30 DEGREE