PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1\~l L C 1 "" i 0 Was Balloon J.,ra oma, , a _l.l orn a 0 Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP .c. TYPE OF OBSERVATION .D Ground Vi aual C Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Ra'cior 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po ssi bt y AI rcroft 5. PHv 1 uS 6. SOU D Was Astronomical tftet e or 0 Yes 0 Probobly A:$tronomlcol O~o c ivilian 0 Po$slbly Attronomlcol 1. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSe 0 Other _ llO .... 8Rt!l' SUMMARY Opt SIGHTING Round, white, l ooked like meteor. Appear ed suddenly, then faded out. ATJC FORM 329 (R&V 26 SEP 52) 0 lnsuffielnt Dota for Evoluatton W 0 Unknown 11. COMM!NTS With exception of t ime e l ement k~3 obj appears t o be meteor. Case evaluated a s Meteor. UFOB INDEX CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1. DATE . 2. LOCATION f:nll . . 0 Was Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a PossiblY Balloon local ~Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Was Aircraft , ~ a Probably Aircraft s. PH.OTOS 6. souRCE ~w I~ ,. ~ as Astrona~i cai/L; P-I 6) 0 Yes a Probably Astronomicar -4.. 7. LENtlTH 01' OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE a Insufficient Doto for Evaluation I a Unknown I 10. BRt!F SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 0.. (1) rOUDd., whi the ai ot a silftrr dollar he14 .at u.. 1e~h ap~ard auddeJI17 9"4 theD tU.4 out~ !hi ob~eot appeared to be YU7 hfgh.. . AlSOP-Form 5 (15' Oct 5.t) 11. COMMENTS IBVESTIGATION AUT~ORIZSD Due to the e!milarity of. dascription time ot sighting with AI33-UFOBa20S and AI SS-tnPOB-204. stigatlon. authorised 'b7 thia headquarters. -Upon < !r.IIFICA rro") AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT LOS ANO~.ES & RIV'.EltSIDE-COUNTIES, CAI-IF. Flight l-C 46o2D AI SS OAT OF lfo!FO .. !IU f\0,. I) A T! OF 'U:II'Offf See contenta below .?AmiCI a. SHERE, Captain, USAF 'rr Msgs, 669th ACWRON, Port Huenem~, Cali!. dtd l02100Z, l02ll5Z, &. 102lJOZ {,u MMAR 'f: (l:.nltr WftdH IKD .. Gr' of repttrl. OiH fltrUJl&:anu in fir\41 :mt-emtnu pr.,rapll.. T."C lnc/i).IUrt al Lo~t~u ltft. IltQin Cut of :-rpo1r t Otl . l io' Form 1 ; !-~art 1 /.) I. CONTENTS PART ONEs Description or sighting by Ernest L. Dunn, Glan Avon Ground Observer Post, Raverside (EJCE 2901), California. PART T'NOt Deacription of sighting by L:u-ry C$ Spears, Arling7,on Ground Observer Post, Arlington (EJCD ~55), Cali,forniao PART THREEt Description of sighting by-Albert Delong, Hollywood Grouad Observer Post, Hollywood (EJBE 38o6)~ Cal1forni~ PART FOURa Supplemantary Inv~s~igativ~ Efforts PART FivEs Commenta or Preparing Officer. SU.MMARia.- This report contains inf.'orrnation and possible conclusions about three sightings of Unidentified F'ly'ing Objects on the night of 9 July l9~5o The information was cbtained f rom the observers or the sightings and from an investigation conducted to determine their pos sibla causa. INVESTIGATORa H/Sgto RICHARD A. HOLM S t,~t,ements - APPROV!ID: tnT '\f "rffil',.ll' JR Colonel, USAF ConwandeJt . D/I; 2'J'AD1TJ ~/I, VSA]; Comdr, ATICJ 46o2d AISS) OIC Fligh~J,~, h602d AIS~ .. fl: TH&S DCXU,..E.NT CONTAiNS IN~ORMATION AFFECT I~ THE NATIONAL OEFENSf. OF TPF.UN ITEO :.IATES WITH I~ THE r.tE.A~I'IG '1FTHf. t:SPION \ GE .ACT.~ U. S c.- lt .&NO 3Z AS .EHOEO. ITS T~ANSMISSION OR TMt REVELATION OF ITS CONTFN"T'i &H .lNY ~At<iNER TO AN UNAUTHOP.IlfD Pf?50'4 I S ?ROtfPliTEO qy L"" H. J, 1r ~AY 'iOi A( RF..?ROOUC0 I N W~U-olt IN PA~T. IV OTHER THAN UNITED STA'rES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT flY PERMI5.310t-4 OF rH OJR~.OH 0~ , I Af FORM 11'1-PART II ; , 'l''fOVt::O I JUNE 19UI ' 1 t(O~ V lt#Cfi'J') lllt~6s~,,LF_uD AiR INTELLIGENCE INFOR~1ATION REPORT nEK>Rr NO. l.C-UFOB-10-5 'art One 1 Flight lC, 46o2d AI$ ? I P.\GI! (.;;. OF 9 PAC.ES Addres9: hira Loma, C ali!ornia. Age: 25 yrs, Occupations Reliefrnan in a canning factory Md odd shii"t ground observer Education: Complatad High Sqhool and a Radio-Kl.ectronics Cour3e in a Technical School. Qualifications J Nember of the Ground Observer Co11>s. RELIABILITY: Poor. In a personal interviaY ur. understanding o f spe~d and distance. rat .. her hesitant, and unsure of himself during the intervi.ewo displ~ed a l~Ck of seemed to be although ha t-r:as relaxed III. SOURCE' 5 DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: Source was on duty at the Gl9n A~ton Ground Observer Post a t the time of si ght.ing which was 090545Z.July 1955. The nigh-t, was dark, dry and clear, with macy stars out but no moon nor wind. 'rhe s ingla obj9ct . ::~peared vary bright like an automobile headJ i J ht a few feat A. The object did not appear to ma.\ce movements, nor change shape o-r flicker. any erratic B. The object ap~eared to be 3ol.id and did not move-~ behind anything but source was r.ot s~e if it. moved in front of anything while being observ~d :d thout any visual. a{ : c. Source insisted that he could see the earths curvature, and described the objects f]ight path as a .fla~ '. horizontal. plane abo,le the earths curvature. (source ,did ~of wear glasses). . . . D. Source' s opinion or objects si za chang9d frOm 'his\ .. :.-~ original estimated 3ize of a hal r-dol] ar to that or a quarter held in th~ hand at anns length. It continued on out. of' observers' range of vis.ion at a~roxi mat.ely 40 .f'rom the horizon. rrw.s elevation was maintained during the complajje. sighting. : E. Source statad that at one t.irne before he h:m reported a star to be an unidentified flying objac t. bu c, was fairly certain th:~ t the object he s~:w on 9 July 1955 was not a star. . hUiE: THIS CCCUMr:'N r COafAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING fHE Nto\TIONAL OErENSF OF THF. UNITED SfATF.S WITHIN THF: MEANING OF THF. ESPIQN,\GE AC1', 50 U .>.C.- 31 AND ~z. :.5 A~-1ENDo. ITS T RANSMISSioN oR THE REVELATION oF IT5 c o N rENT5 tN ANY M1\N NR ro ,,N tJNAUTH0 r!IZED .,F.RsoN 1s P.~oHratTED ~( t.A.v. 1 IT tMY iiOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOL"E OR IN PART. ll'f OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT HY PE:R'"'SSION 0~ THE DIReCTOR OF If I'F.LLIGNCE. USAF. , llNclA~SlFIFD AF FORM 112-P-RT II APPROVED 1 JUNE 1941 ' ' AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT RE~RT NO. lC UFOB-10--- Flight. l.C-4602d AISS Part One, Report ftl.C-UFOB-10-55. Statement ot While look1 ng in a Southeasterl,y direction, I saw an object which appeared to be a met~, but in the thirty-five (.35) seconds or which it was observed, it traveled on a horiz6ntal plain. I consider e d . this to be unusual. I reported this to the lt"ilter Center, Pasadena, California (EJBE 5705} immediately. Object was bril11.ant white and seemed to have a slight tail ~hich while traveling changed colors from white to red to a hazy light bl.ueo It covered a :four mi1e span in thirty ( 30) seconds -approx:i.r.\ately 4,800 miles per hour. I lost s i ght o f' object in the extreme South l-ie st. _ 5-T-A-T-E- N-E-N-T TRUE COPY: PAi~RICK Q. ~OlE: THIS lJOCU \!NT CONTAI NS INFORMAT!ON AFFECTING T HE NA rtONAI. DEFENSE OF THF. UNITED STATES WITH IN T HE MEAN ING OF THE ESPIONAGE ,\CT, SO lJ, S.C.- 31 All!):,., A'; AM~NDEO. I TS TAANSMISSJON OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS I N ANY "4~NNEA TO AN UNAIJTHOPIZEO PERSON IS PROHidi TEO BY LAW~ IT r.1.w ~.OT OF. UE'PROOUCEO I N WHOLE O R I N PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES. EXCEPT D'f PERMISSION OF THE DIR~OR OF , If, rFLLIGt.NCE, USAF. ,' ! ,. 1\f FORM 112-PART II (CLA.SSIFICA riON) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ...0'4 (.ljlt'fll"ll) 1 f.l1gh1 1-0, lJ&:h?d AISS P;\GE 6 OF 9 StP.?!J!MSN.rABf It'N tts.riGATIB R!Kll!SI l. A ar.ck nth 6th ~-hher ~, D!tJ 7, Norton ArB, San l?el'ttercl1no, G.al1:tlorni.a, the IGrJ :Beach and Rf,srsida,Cali!ornia, ";eat~ -stations conta.inOO. tee :z:"'oll owing i:lformationJ A temperature invtersion a? fivs (5) ~grees Centi#8i}e ood.st&l ai thia tion bet,.im the alti oi 1800 :teet ?.l\d 4700 :feat. ~ ~p~,. ture a.t lSCO :teens laS 15 d!tgrees a. and. the t~rature .a t 4700 f94!Jt. was 20 dagees C. 'W'Ull). SP.~Il (!n lmots) . 2. Dt-. , Chief . of the }ft. Wilson Obsm:z?a.to%7 ~ !nterv:i.S';~ ~o c-i:eek on tee :possibili t:f of metet'lrS in the Hol.lY'rood and Riverside a.. .. :cr. l?ow-..Jl e:lq?lained that all of their observers. a:r8 inside the obsert..rcte-~s v.nd tha .field of vision o.'l tr.etr equipment 1s axtremely limited. Tl"..ere!~ore, ~he possibility of sight!P.g snch objeolis t-~uld be highl: 1rrprobabllt. l'here no sightings 0~ r!letoo:..:a at an:J t1!!'08 d:vting the of 9 July 1955 !'r1.2lt m. t~l f1Zk Pal awr Obset vatorilm, nor could aey :mti'OllQ11ioal oonclusioos ~la:J n the three r tpcrted si~tings in qoestion. 3. Geol'~ :BIL\ffll, Prol~sSdr of Aati onany. San :Bertz.aril-tnc Vallfl/ College, ~.. intervi to det the possiblt' conclusions rJf the s1ghti1'4.:0:S in tlrls \ Be could affer no help as the infona.ation, in his opinion, lnl.~ con~ dietary and un-rel ia.bla in all three ~ightw..gs td th t~..is a~tion: tbe IYli)Oft ';f8S .rlsir..g dt,"Ti.ng the t~ p:sriod (these three oisht!ngs and a possible optical phenomena might e:cpJain tha s~ting Iepor;ed by Mr. Dt:NN IIOTE: fHIS LOCUMEN f C'ONT ~INS INFORMATION AFFECTINI7 fHE NATION~L DEFF.N: .F. OF THE UNITED STI\TF.S WITHIN THE r_._..tliW-; OF I ' !F r,;,PIO~I.~CE ACT. 'Xl II !.i t_:-. . H /o.N() .l. 11:; i\tH:NDED. IT:i TRANSMISSION OR THE HEVF.LAT IO N OF IT::i CO.'~ f EN r:; IN ANY MAN~IER fO AN W"t~Ul HOHILF'[) PE~SON IS PROHI HI rtD AY LAN. IT MAY NOT C!E REPROOtlCEO JN WHO~ OR IN P.\RT. B'f OTHER THAN UrHTED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCI3, C.XCE?T i.lY r;(:l~ISSION OF THF. DIREC':'"Orl OF rELLIGF..NCE. USAF. AF FORM ll%-PART" .. ~ ' 4Cl.USIW.ATIOH) ~ .... ... ~ .. ,.:. ~ .AiR .. INTElliGENCE 'INFORMATION R~POkT R110AT NO.lO...tlb~lo-55 Jitgb! 1~, 46J2a. AlSS . , . PAGE PAr.r~ 1..-1' ia th8 op!nion af tm ... Offl~m-t.hc':'.t. the reliability of the .. ... o twws-1n theM bhree sight~""S varied i'xcw. ltpoor to \!fair .. rurl tr .... "-tb tb8ee ~ three sepgrate and distinct sightings. Uo ala.~-~ conclt:.- stone can be madtt &bout any-or:e of tm three sighting~ beoat~e thera t:r:l~ single. o s1~ings of eaCh ef tm ooject3 in question~ 2~- !M following, poesibili\ies-Sl~ting ~o :1n ?ar~ C