1. DATE TIME GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS .i't!ULTIPLE 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GROUJ'ID VISUAL FOU:ND ON G ROUND 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE NOT RECEIVED PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION f\tojave Desert, c alifornia 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Jilnn 15 mi SH of Edwards found strips ofs.Llvery color e d metal '~!ich could b e crumbled in the hand. t-1ost of the objs Vt:re about l/2 _long and l/16th inc h \-ride. Believe d them to be new type of radar chaff. Cm-1}1ENTS: Description indica t e s chaff. Samples not f'o:n-lardcd. Informa- tion supplied in letter. f TD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) PreviouoedlUons ofthlaformmBybuuaed. Dear Sirn, thut Has sight;ed over a;:1 Oh:t_o toun c._1at le:Ct tralllngs tn.:::tt turned hands oi' people Lroen. \:/hen the sc ob ;j e ~ ts 11ere toucho<l. o:f t~10 inc id0rrc to u1d.ch I ref. or. .:'ornap3 vou I ha.d been rabb:i.t huntinG v..bout five 1-JE:cl~s af~o o n c'1c ed;~c of ;:.he I;o;javc cl.eoe:.:t H:i.:ch a friend of mine uhen He cr>me acrocc E!.any tiny objects scattereu about on top of t,~'le SC\ild. '_:hey had s LL vc1.,y color end could be crumbled in i;'1c ha:od. ';1hen cru.nblcd, the 'Ch1.1.1gs los C. their silvery color and then appeared t o rece::ililc asbestos fiber. ~1eoc object. covered a lar:~c area and uore miles o...:xy ."f-ror-1 a po~tl.l::>.CEld o.:rt;n. ~ToHc7er the :;c ob :j ec ts c.Ud not tu.rn ou.r 1~.mls r~:-:>een. '.!.'hc:i.r avc.rar;e ;.u3asu-""er:ent s tho lm:ttter no 11.orc t; :ou. !ht unt:i.l I re:.,.d tb.e ro ;nt o~crr.:rance on i:;he .ie FO:"e D.UO"\.,_t 1_:) t.! Lles So~:..th .!GG t firSt not :i.e c d i.~he 8e t:li.n~ S r.,:he G e 0 b ;j 0 (; t. 3 L'li "~1-C froHt smile e~::;~cr:Ln.ent. 1-Tevcr i) 10 le :Js, MY ad<lrcss i:::;; S/Sgt 807~vh Oporc.t ons :Jo<.ln Larch AFB, C ali.:L of Ed ia:rds ;;..::?B -..-r:en tTe ue a ne\i tyr..e o:f radar ' inl ht ho.ve lcf c m:tt