Sandiego California — July 1955

Category: 1955  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1955-07-6970991-SanDiego-California.pdf
Keywords: astro, calif, rjwpjb, diego, lcient, c0t1dr, 751st, california, flight, rotated, insufficient, yellow, nebraska, 4602d, insuf, binoculars, larger, proltohly, grounel, attronoflllcel, potlltly, inexperienc, wpd012, ydc013, xya168
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS I. DATITIMI GROUP San Diego, California Wos Bolloo" Proltohly Balloon PIWy Bolloon Lecel , lD Grounel-Vltuel D Otou"cl Ro4or D Wo Attronoflllcel Woi Alrcroft D Proltoltly Aircraft Po 1 sf W y AI rcroft a Yet a Prol.oWy Attronolftlcol lb No civilian (GOC) a Potlltly Attrono"'lcol l sometimes 3 OP .IOHTIMO Round. Blue changes to yellow. \rJhen 3 objs appeared, tl> small ones rotated around a big ATIC POIIM 129 (118V 21 laP 12) Unkttewn Capella in NE on Horizon -10 d4g elev. No toher major astro body in that section of slcy-. Insufficient data for evaluation UPOI IMD!X CARD. AISS..UFOB-2$1 . i. 2. LOCATION 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OISERVATIOM I Grouncl VIsual a GrounciRaclar 7. LENGTH OJI OBSERVATION 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 20 Minutes One sometimes 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1 1. COMMENTS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft Po ssi bl )' Aircraft a Was Ast;onomi cal Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Data for Evaluation One lind: sometimes.three objects.". There ... appeare to be two small objects to the observer, which rotated around a larger object. Blue changing to yellow. Apperared. and disappeared in the ~ Due to the age 2nd probable inexperienc of the observer the veracity of the da contained can be doubted. It is possi~e AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) that while looking thru binoculars at star the object coUld attain color in process of the light passing "thru the binoculars and a~y slight movement of the binoculars 1~Tould tend to give move to the object. The f act that the object remained in the srune position would tend to support the star theory POST TO GO HOME BE FOR REPORTING DI~APPEARANC OF OBJE:C'rS OBSERVER WAS STILL SEEING OBJECTS AT THF. HE CALLF.D IN REPORT, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. NO EXPLAUATION OR FURTHER COM~tENT CONCERNING THIS SIGHTING. 01/154~2 AUG RJWPJB WPD012 YDC013.XYA168 XDC036JBA~32JBG 01' PP RJWPJB RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJWPJB t~ FH C0t1DR 751ST ACWRON NT LAGUNA CALIF TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO RJt,JPJB/COt1DR 27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF/" INFO RJEDWP/C0t1DR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER tJRIGHrl:;ATTZRSON RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS U~AF WASHINGTON 25 /UNCLASSIFIED/751ST OPS 5-2 001PD 1. ROUND ONE LARGER THA~l THE OTHER TWO (A) ROUND (B) PIN (C) BLUE ING TO YELLOW CD) ONE SOMETIMES THREE (E) TWO SMALL ONES ROTATING AROUND ONE LARGER ONE (f) NONE CG) NONE CH) NONE CI) NONE TO THE NORTHEA~T CD> STOOD STILL (OBJECT WAS HIGH) (E) SEE REMARK~ CF) UNJ<NOWN S REMARKS 3. CA) GROUNDVISUAL CB) BINOCULARS CC) N/A SAN DIEGO, CALIF. STUDENT (GOOD) 1. CA) CLEAR WITH HIGH CLOUDS (B) SURFACE WINDS 320-03 KTS (C) 1200 c;CATTERED CD) 10 MILE~ VI~IBILITY 10. POSSIBLE LOCAL TRAFFIC 11. ~ENIOR DIRECTOR 1ST LT JAMES D. BUNCH <REMARKS) OBSOVER LEFT HI~ Hqs 4602d .AISS Inv0stigative Efforts (cont) IlTVESTIGATIVTI: UNIT LCCl.TION OF SIGHTTIiG CCNCI.~TSION lfr;t&& (~ t.~Ao. 8 ~ P~ -i. F'light 1-G Riverside, Calif. Opticnl Phenomena 2. Flight 1-C Glen 1-..'Tcn, Calif. j Possibly !l.stronomic~l-l!i/ L ). Flight 1-C . HollJwood, Calif. Possibly !1stronomical ,.,/ /I~ -Ita *l::t~' 1 C Ohiua Ll!ke NhS, ealif. t'o~ CeMl\ldgd. t.' :&. ~...,\., 5. Flight 3-F Harrisburg, Pll. ~ Probably Hoax..-AJi:~i~T~ ~t1' 1 ,1 6. Flight 3-F Penbrc.ck, Pc.fo- : Reliability Check-A(e- 1 Dct 3 1'cw York City, N.Y. Hoax Glendive, Hcntana Unknown A$1k (4-ecr;. u.J Flieht 1-n b. In adrlition to the nbo-,_rc , two (2) limited follow-up investigations arc being-conducted by Headqu~rters, 4602d !~ISS, by means of l~TIC Form 16)-~. (G .s. Lir 'Force Technical Information (\. ~ Sheet). The above forms were s t to the observers of UFOB sightings at K~nsns Ci tv Kansas nd(Van tc:. Haria, C~lifornia. ~\JO-Afll't#.JII c. The one (1) investig~tion uhich was not concluded at the ti~c of the June summa~ has been finished by Flight 2-D with results ns follows: INVESTIGL.T!VE u;aT LOC_ . TICH OF SIC-HTTI!G Flight 2-D Dallas, Texas tlrm coa.; iD #l.:lY sta- rorei~ L?O '1gh~fD8' ~ gen i~tlfficu~t or ::1c~l,.h ,a,.,ro. !naJaue r!'-(et~t .'\4 Ftln:'l:iyl ;'i:li a 3allOt:n-~ ?rob~bly Airc~ert. C::t:t J l ~on !!;.saftt e t~n't ~t.a r~" t~, Cbto D~l'J ~en, Gh io J.s ~rcua:nlcel Foa:sl.hly Aatrotlc ?oftsibly Balloca Po Sfli bl )' BftllO'Z Oc~1o~hn!!~, O..orgia C einr.a~i~ Oh!o i...H\(~ 7illag .... Ioci1o~n t J..t:-~ra!'t r'r~bd b~y A'Jt~'.'u''tl'..ic.Jti 1\\ r~raf t :;~,:).rlot :-.e ' l;orth c~roJ.in9. :.:alden, t.!._f.\S~ac huse~ t S ~o~nes r, ew _or~ :\kron, Ohio 5an Diego, Califo ia 2~1tish Columbia, Canada Leve l!.end, ~ex as .u.l buquerq,ue, New (!exi-~o ~orvallis, Oregon Ica lsni.l Glen.o~ood, Iowa eloi t, 'fis~onsin Pinecastle AFB, Florida Edward, Nebraska Battlecreek, Nebraska St Paul, tltinnesota ~:acena, Ninnescta Cryst3.l, >iin..iesota London, ~ngland !-.:l u rna :.h, Oree;on nO l l :T-'OOd J California Ro s a ville , California i as t...r~sas, Nevada tieW'port Ee!3cb, California 3eattle, Washing~on Alhamb , Cali~or~ia s~attle' ~iashington I 3~pe~in3, Michigan :.~ad rid , Spa in li"t.on ;r~rai~ia G e~ ~ay, ~isco~sin r.!u 1 tip le. . l!i 11 tary . . ALU' IO"~ In~ufrl~ient tqta Insu~lcient Data Insuf~ici~nt: !nt~ Ha l l oo:! ;stro ( ~,~S7r:;OR) Insut!lcient tata Insufficient D~ta Insufficient Data Astro ( ARCTURUS) J\.ircraft Astro ( !ETEOR) Astro (CAPEI{A) UNID~!\"TI FIED .l\stro (METEOR) Insufficient D!:!.ta Astro (STARS/PLArBTS) Astro ( 'TEOR) Ins ufficient Data Ast ro ( 1:-S'lEQR) Other (PSYCHOLOGICAL) Astro (~1ETEOR) Airc"'raft Insuf:ficient Data Insufficient Data As tro ( M3'l't:OR) ~.stro ( CAPEj.IA) AiYCC'!lft FNID~!-i!'IF l~D -rns C'r"' 1' i t Otre r ( HOA:<) I~sufficient Data Ot t er( Ii'rtR:R3IO~r) ? -,_lloor.