Palmsprings California — September 1954

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Keywords: negative, california, lockheed, radio, ouiiwatioh, tlovil, 6plloon, 2pilots, lliltted, southep, lodstar, unknoli, cqrporattd, inyorma, 0eration, 2132p, 213oe, jrivebs, l3uir, ligir, itovinc, f3lythe, 1geles, l11su, movitl
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DATETIME GROUP LENGTH 011 OUIIWATIOH Not Report-3d IRIEf' SUMMARY 011 SIOHTINO tlOVil''lg at dir oction . PRoJECT 10073 RECORD CARO 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was 6plloon Palm Springs, 'California Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon .c. TYPE OF OBSERVATION d Was Aircraft 0 Ground Visual Ground-Radar P rob obi y Ai rcroft Po ssi bl y Ai rcroft CX: AI,... V.isu ol 0 Alrlntorcopt R?.d$Jr a Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical 0 2Pilots(Differen~ P ossibly Astronomical HU~E-R OF OBJECTS G In sufficient Oat a for Evaluo ti on L11su F'ficient data l.AlSt.ance Obserred not !'eported . of di s a P~'ec. :::B.r:r; e Sa:::e l1t se~n diff .;;rent als o ol'!lliltted. by oilot s . ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ac.i't re_I::orted dW.P'RH ~0J CA > NEGATIVE CB> NEGATIVE CE> NEGATIVE CF > BLUE LIGHT t C G'? Nt:GATI VE CH > ~EGATIVE CT' ~OVING AT AN EXTRE~7ELV HIGH RATE OF S"EED. .. . .'( 2 > .MOVItl G SOUTHEP.L Y <'3> Nrcm-IvE '-C) NEGATIVE CD> FLYING SOUTH, E~TI'~ATED 13"',..~ FT, HIG!-: s oEED (E) NEGATIV~ !'F) NEGATIVE (3) SIGHTING BY TWO ACFT ~!LOTS (A) AIR VISUAL <B.> NEGATIVE ( C > LOCKHEED LODSTAR t\3 R 12L AND N E82 TY'::lE .UN:<NOU:-!. TME LOCKHEED REPORTE.D OVR. RIVERSIDE RADIO AT 2121~ EP.T ~OUND TO HUT~Jil~SO.N l{ANSAS N682 OVP RINGS CALIFORNIA AT 2125~. .OTHER INFORHATION ABOUT ACET UNKNOli.TN. il~CQRPORATtD. SANTA. MONICA,. CALIFORNIA. NO '-.INYORMA T I ON ON ~IL.OT I -~ .. : 23e AT 11.26~ AT14 NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NEGATIVE CLEAP. VlTH 15. MiLES VISIBILITY NO CLOUDS NO TSTt'IS ( 9) NEGATIVE L' ~. ( 12'>. NEGATIVE A CONTROLLER P.l LOS Al'JGELES ARTC, H!ITIAL AE CALLED THE 0ERATION OFFICER ON DUTY Hl RI\JEP.SIDE FLIGHT SE'RVICE 'AND REPORTED THAT THE ILOT OF LOC''HEE~ LOD~STA~ 12L HAD ~ADE A \REOORT AT RIVERS IDE RADIO AT 2121 THAT THE ILOT X~D SEEN A 9LUE LiGHT .. HE COULD NOT I DENTIFY I.N. THE VI CINITY OF AU1 sr.:-R~.lGS CALIF ~:r 21181' AT ASOUT 13C'!f.!IC" Ft MOVING SOUTH AT HIGH S EED THIS CALL AME TO FLIGHT SERVICE AT 2132P. AT 213oe AE CALLED SACK AND THAT THE~MAL (CALIF> RADIO HAD CALLED I N THAT A Jl6'8~ HAS OV~R PALM ~PRINGS ~T 11 FT AND HEARD THE RE?ORT TO JRIVEBS.lDE~ THIS Il.OT ~OO!ED, FOR THE OBJECT AND COULD SEE THE- . ~l3uir LIGir: itoviNc; soo1'alfr~iGH S ~ED,. Brrr R! ' LACED THE LOCATION A$ BEING !0 THE EAST, HE GUESSED ABOUT f3LYTHE, CALIFORNIA. NO OTI1ER . 0 AJ:,.. tp~ : 1GELES ~RTC~ WARREN .A. HERRINGTON DUTY 0 EP.ATIONS ~fF~CE~ ~ARIH FLT SV CEN, "ARCH AFB