1. DATE-TIME GROUP 21 Septemb~r 1954 Civ.i.1ian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5 . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 35 rr.it.ut e s 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gz-omd-Visual St2.tionary 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Acft scr.:.unb1ed aft er S'mset . -nega.t.~ve 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS sightir.g. Venus setting about 1 hr H'u.ge ::-o1.:nj fire ball. Sta.ti0na1y then "lOVed se(lii'-:rd fi r e c.r si:c tin:es . Disappeared over horizon. fTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previoua edition or this form may be uaed, ll St:r 5~ DJ:.. BlvD KW 0 8 F'M COMDR 2.34 7TJf AIR RES FLYING CEN LBEACH MUNI APRT CALIF TO JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO JEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO J EPHQ/DIR OF I NTEL HQ USAf WASH DC JEP QW/ COMDR Ml TCHEL AFB NY BO-G ~3~ P D A CIRCULAR-ROUND FIRE BALL B NO ESTIMATE RECEIVED C YELLOWl~H ORANGE T C RED F NEGATIVE G NEGATIVE H NEGATIVE I OBJECT WAS STATIONARY MOVED WE~TWARD CMM BECAME ~TATIONARY AFAIN AND REPEATED THI~ PROCES~ AGAIN UNTI L DE5APPEARED OVER HORIZON A BR lGHTNE SS OF OBJECT . . . . . ., . .~ . . ~ OBJECT APPEARED TO BE S0 DEGREES OFF THE HORIZON ~ C UNDETERMINED CMM DISAPPEARED OVER OCEAN HORIZON D OBJECT WA~ STATIOMARY MOVED WESTWARD CMM BECAME STATIONARY AGAIN AND REPEATED THIS PROCESS AGAIN UNTIL DISAPPEP.RED OVER HORIZON PD E DI~APPEAREt OVER OCEAN HORIZON f 3~ MINUTl~ A GROUND VlSUAi:. B DINOCULARS AND NAKED EYE C NEGATIVE BTEMrBI CALIFOR~IA NE GATIVE EXACT C OORt I NANC A CIVILIAN PD MRS .~A,llFOfHHA PD CHAIRi'-iAN OF GOVR:-.JOR KN IGHT~ C A:~PAIGN P D rt.Lf.PHCNE CMM aENICE CALJFORNIA PD NEGATIVE OTHER INFO A ~L~R ~I~ MILES AND HAZE r.oB 3 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS CMM z 2~ DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS CMM l0 flJ FT 2~ DEGREE~ 12 KNOTS 1~"~ FT 1~; DEGREE~ AT 17 KNOTS ~0~0 FT 16Z -bEES 2o KNOTS 00 FT lW DEGREES .A.T 35 KNOT~ 45000 FT l~E wtp KNOT "C --t LEAR D 6 MILES VI SIBILITY E NEGATIVE F NEGATIVE A NEGATIVE A 1~E GATIVE A FLIGHT SERVICE WAS ADVISLD PD ftlGHT. SERVICE NOTIFIED A NiGATIVE A OFFICER Of THE DAY 2/LT ROBERT E PETERSON PD INFORMATION RECEIVED. VIA TELEPHTE PD NEGATIVE ANALYSI S PD 22/~813Z SEP BWDKW t.rq I GHT f:. TTERSON. AY""" OF COM11ITTEE