PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon Camp Pompino, Calif' Probably Balloon OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Loco I J:) Ground-Vi auol 0 GroundRodor Probably Aircraft 0 AI~ VI auol Alrlntere.pt Rodar Possi bly Aircraft Wos AttronomicoBetelgeu.x Probobly Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical "No civilian 1. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS over 1 br still in sight Insufficient Dato for Evc,luotlon 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Shining obj with flashing green, yellow and ASTR {Betelgeux) white lights. ObJ stat f'or 10-15 min, then slow vanished to the East. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) DE R .. IHPSB 171G RJED!oJP RJEF'HQ RJ~FP SB FM KFLIGHT SERVICE HAMILTON AFB CALIF TO RJEDEf\:/CONDR ADC Er,:T AFB COLO RJEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CE~ WRIGHT IATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPJiQ/D! R OF INTEL HC USAF ~.'AS 2 5 , IJ. c , RJUPSB/CONDR vJAr.F AI\Il.TOi. AFB CALIF Ill N C L A S S I F I E D/ U F 0 B ATTf ATTI AA-2C 1. DESCRIPTION OF OB,JECTJR (A) Ul\la'OHt'' (B) HEAD OF lEi': <C) iWL T-COLORED -GP.EEr~, YELLO~I], U ITE (E) t-:FKA ( F ) SHit~ING OBJECT t!ITH FLASHH :G LIGH TS DESCRIPTlON OF COURSE OF OBJECT <~AH ,~tv.-:~ FIRE SEARCH <C> ELEVATIO~ 45DEG AZMITT 90DEG t <D) OBJECTSTP.TIO~ARY AT 557~ -93DEC it> Y.FOR 1~-15 ~!Il:UTES TTEN SLOYJLY VAtH~HED El EA~TERLY DIRECTIO~ () OBJECT SLOHLY NOCED EAS THARD -OBSERVERS VIS ICN THEr~ OBSCUREC tS TJi EES. A> GROU~D -VISUAL (B) BH:OCULARS 4. TI~E AND DATE OF SIGHTI~G 5, LOCATION OF OBSERCER: 6 . IDEtlTIFYI~:G INFORMATIO~: OF OBSERVEE:t PAGE THREE RJWPKSB 177G (A) CIVIL!At~ - FOREST Rt.r\GER, 'K AGE UlT~.OHl, CAi-lP I OI':P0!-.1 0 CA?~LIFORi I A, SIGHTH'GS: < t\ > SKY CLEAR 1C0f;ZFT 28~( DEGREES 15F}( 16C08FT 27etEGREES 15l~K 2C~0~FT 278DEGREES ZZK St10l<E FROM lAG FOUH RJWPSB 117<& 11. 1/LT LYLE B. OTTO, ASST OPMS OFF, l 481ST FSC, HAM!LTO~ AFB ~0 DIRIGIBl.ES OPERATI~G I~ AREA, CAUSE FACTOR U~K~owr. 12/IZ 441 Z DEC RJt~P SB m;c IA$;; I ::'lED (CV.S.SI FICA TIOt4} I REPORT "t1-UFOB-3-55 AJR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AREA REI'OfiTm Oto I F ROio4 \A...-cr J CAl'~ PCl:i'Ot!I O, ~ALIFORNIA, USA _ , _p~t 1 460Z> AISS ~OA=n=OF REPOAT DATE OF INFORMATIO" [VALUATIOII 14 December 1955 11 December 1955 REfl'REI'ICC'!i ( ~ol .. uw..r, ~ldiH, pr,._ rtpun, uc., g , 11p;'lccbkJ ------- I. CCNTF?:TS: PART C'~: Description of si;;ht.:.ng b:r 1.-:r at CAt.:P PC?. PC~IO, CA. I I!;-ORiliA. , a camp ranger ~ART T '.'O: Supplemental"'./ Investiga tive !l:fforts. r ART '!'1-ffii=:E: Coum.ents of Preparing Officer. II. Str.'J'ARY: An unidenLifil!d flying object uas reported ncar \;Al~P ?O!'?Ot;JO, CALI?0Tt-~IA (!JJNH 4617), located near LA HOUDA, CALIFOffiUA ( JJNH 4419), at 1203302 Dec 55, (1930 hours P~T, 11 Dec 55). Information contained in this report ,-;a.s obtained by telephone from 1.:~ Supplerentary information obtained from various individuals and a.;cncies is credited in ?ART T:o of t lrl.s M/SGT LAWREr:CE I HODJES T/SGT EO:YHJ G H:.Lc::;ON AF llJVE~TIGATORS: A:JTHO:Y DE'FRAI:CI S0C Captain, U~AF Ass't Officer In Char ge .-0~-NCLS. (See Indi vidua:!.. ?arts) JOHN ~1 \o:-HITE JR Colonel, USAF Comno.ander D/I, USAF; Comdr, ATIC; D/I, 28th ADiv; Comdr, h602d AISSJ CIC, Det 1, h602d AIS~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REI'ORT NO. PART T.':O D1-UFOB-3-55 Det 1, 46020 AISS SUPPIEL'ENTARY INVESTIGATIVE ~FFORTS: l. A check with the Hamilton Flight Service Center was made by De t 1, 4602D AI~S, for aircraft or balloons in t he area at the time of sighting. Negative results. 2 . The J.ICK OBSERVATCRY, locate d on ET HA!'J:TON (DJPH 2320), was contacte d for any unusual astronomical phenomena durint; that period with negative results -- ....... "T"' c: Nm~M:.TIO!'IIIFFECTING THE NATIO'IAL OE:'ENSE or TilE UtliTEO STATES WITHIN THE Mf.\NI:IG OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. SOU S C- . .. -' -'" .. ,, """"'";) Tn AN UNAUTHORILEO PERSON IS PROHIBITEO BY L\W, UNCLASSIFIED AF FORM 112-PART II ;ppp(IV(O I JUNE l'l~S (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Dl-UFOB-3-55 4602d AISS I. SOURCE: Address: Cau:p Pomponio, California Occupation: Can:p Ranger, BSA Education: Tvo (2 ) years high school Qualifications: Unknown IIo RELIABILITY: SOURCE had served four (4) years with the US NaV'.f as a cook destroyer, with additional duty as a gun-pointer on a 20mm gun. SOURCE tried to be exact and precise, as during the conversation he would repeat and emphasize his statementso SOURC~ seerr~d to be of average intellige nce and eager to help in aQY way that he could. As the only contact with the SOURCE was by telephone it ~s impossi- ble for. the investigator to determine the reliability. IIIo SO.URCE S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: SOURCE was informed by his wife that, "that thing was there again ; as she l.fas out gathering in her clothes. TI1e sky was clear with many stars visible, the weather cool vith a mild breeze. Object wss first sighted in the East, and ch~cked for movement by aligning it with sorr.e trees. The object was brighter t r.an any stars in the sky. With the nak~d eye it appeared to be between the size of a pea and pin head, reddish-orange in color and funnel shaped. One end au1-eared cut off and sharply outlined while the flared end \otas fuzzy or blured Flared end seemed to be aprox t larger t~an the clear~ outlined endv SOURCE then obtained a J inch 16 pover Navy type periscope. When viewed through the periscope the object a ppeared to be blue-red~ellow in color. Object seemed duller then brighter at times. SOURCE established the position as 90 degrees prior to calling tr.e auth- orities at 1-:0FFET NAVAL AIR STATI0~1, CALIFORNIA, D.ThTH 5724. During a time lapse of nprox 30 minutes, SOURCE returned to check the object and by use of a compass ascer- tained t~at the object had moved to 95-100 degrees? SOURCE observed the object for uprox one (1) hour, and when last viewed the object vas in tte ESE direction aprox 30 degeees off the horizon. SOURCE had observed a similar oc~nce from 160900Z -161000Z Nov 55, at which ti=e he sighted two (2) objects, but believing them to be stars did pot report the sighting at that time. I SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 or.~INATING AGENCY REPORT NO. Dl-U?OB-3-55 PART THRSE 1. In the opinion of the preparing officer, t his siehtinz ,.as probably caused by an unknown ;Jlanet ahinin.~ t hrough a thin layer of clouds, givine it a distorte d effect. (Some cloud s \"1are rc;:>orted by 9r Jeffers of the lick Observatory.) 2. The star Ceras also f.i.t.s the circ..unstances of this case, ver, sir.ce its movement is in the wrong direction i.e., from the s.outheast diagonally towaru the northe a::;t, the direction becoa:es revers~d from that o f Source's s i ghting. 3. Inaslll1h H-~yonomical anc! no balloorrC~ta ::ere reported, f; t)eriscoi-1e ma~ ~os~ibly have t o oeco1:1e distort.::do COMMENTS of Approving Officers reuson e xicted the conclu~on tripped ler5(s, for this si6htlng, causin~ the view A~'r!-luN H 0E?RAl~Cl~GO Captain, USAc' Ass ' t Officer In Charge Conour with th opinion or the Prepering Officer that the sighting was astronomical in nature but probably caused by the star Betelgeuse rather than by an unknovn planet.