PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Summer 1955 \loodsirle, Co.lifornia Local 2100 Ql Ground-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ai,.. VIsual 0 Air-Intercept Radar CONCLUSIONS Was BaHoon Probably Balloon Po5sibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was A!;tronomicol Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation straight 2;-mins 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0~1.j 1 i ke Saturn with misty trail at estimat ed distan~e of 1~ miles in l evel f~t. ~ Lights, red and green, silve r me t a l color. Sp~ed estimated at 200 mph. NE flight. Rbg round obj rotating slowly. ATJC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS Lights on d f light pRttern indi ca t e li~ely a/c sigtir.g . Only point in conflict with this an~lysis i3 the round shape. Obj sighte d by 7 yr old youth and reporte d 9 yrs l a t er. 14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? 15 . Did the obiect move behind aomething at any time, pcrticu larfy a cloud? (Circle One): it moved behind: ( Ye~' No Don't Know. 16. Did the oblet move in front of &Qmething at any time, p-ar~icularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yo~. G~> Don't Know. 17 . Tell .in a few words the following things about tha ohiec~: w~ wish to know the angular size. Hold a match 5tiek ot arm's length in lin~ with a known c~it!ct cJnd ~,Qht hew l much of the obiect is covered by the head of the match. If you hod performed this exp-3dm~11t at th~ ~hne.-i>f ':h~ I sighting, how much of the obiect would have been covared by the match h&ad? Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or olli~cts. Label and includ" in your !ik:ttch C--:1" do~t'lih i of the obiect that you saw such os wings, protrusions, etc., and espec iolly exha.ust troil s ~t v:,pr;,r Ho~ t s. Place on arrow beside the drawing to show the 9!rection the obiect was moving. 20. Do you thtnk you can estimate the 5peed <"Jf the object? (Circle One) IF you answered YES, then what spewd would you estimate? J ... <.. J ( ) H-.\ P i.t. \)c':-', t Do you think you can estimate how fa r away from you th ;' obj<)ct was? (Circle One) \_Y~s IF you answered YES, then how for away wou1d you say it was? _/..:!.Y~ ~ Wh.,re were you located when you saw tht!! o':>ject? (Circle One): a. Inside a building b. In a car 23. Wute you (Circlt} Ona) In the business .iection of a city? ln the r"sidential sudton t.Jf ~ dty'? In open countryside? N ear o,, airfittld? @1 Outdoors . ci. In an airplane (type) tt. Flying ov&r a c Uy '? e. At sea f. Flying ov.:.rr open countr/? 24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other v"hicle :l_t_t_h_l!!_t_im-,,-.~h-e_n_c m_p_J~-~ 1--e-th-~-~:~- -. in-~-~-;.ntion: l 24.1 What direction ware you moving? (Circle One) a. North c. East b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southw:~t How fast ware you movlna? --------miles per hovt". Did you stop at ony time while you werl!f looking at tho object? h. Northwa~t In order that you con give as clear a picture as possible of what you sow, describe in your own wo;d~ o co":'ll"h~o"l object or obiects which, when placed up in the sky, woufd give the some appearance os th" objr:1ct ~:11r.:h ~ 27. In the following sketch, imagine tnllt ynu oro at th~ pc.i~i :ihown. Pkn:l3 rJr high the obieet wos above the hori!o,, (3'-:ylfn~) wh"n Y'"''.~ i~rst ~(Wt' ii. PJocf! o on1h, ~(l~t,., ('Jtved Un~t tt.:. show how high the obiect wos obovtt thtJ hori-:on (:)ky! ia~J) vth~r. y::J l fl .<;t ~;~-~:~ ;l. Pl11-:: i. ~n tr~ c.~>mpo~s when you lirst saw it. Pl\lc:tt u ' ~B '' ''" t:,t-~ c:ompar.; .,,.har~ }'<..J /nst s n.v th~ ,..,bjc>':t. 28 . Draw o pictur" that will show the motion that th!! object or objects m c:dl1, P.kca an ''A~'~! t ha b~gir.nii~g of ih., path, a "S '' ot the ond of the path, and show ony change s in direction dtJring the t:::Ltr~tt~ 29. IF ther& was MORE THAN ONE obi"ct, th~n how many were there? ------------- Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put on orrow to ~how th~ dir3cthm that they wars traveling. 34. Date you completed this questionnaire: Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of tll'!t HEADQUAATERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR F ORCE: SYSTEMS COM)WtAND UHtTltO ST ~ TES AI,. fPO"C@; W .. ICU4TPATTI!: .. !ION AI" ..-o,.CC:: BASI!:, OHIO A TrN 0 F: s ,l ,JHCl : Request for UFO Information (Steff Hillard) ro: Hq USAF SAFOI PB {Mrs 1. Reference the attached letter from Steff Millard requesting infor~nation on unidentified flying objects. The following inornsat1on is provided to assist you in answering his letter. 2. There have been no reports of Venu3ian'a living in the Pentagon nor people living under the surface of the noon. We do not deny the possibility that there may be life on other planets. He simply state that to date the Air Force h a s no evidence to substantiate this fact and we have no evidance of intelligent b eing3 from other planets visiting our atmosphere in space s hips. 3 The summary of the Washington D C sighting of 1952 and the s\.Ulllll8ry of the Mantell c ase should answer the remainder of Mr Nilla.rd.' s questions. 4. w~ are attaching an FTD Form 164 for his u se. FOR THE CO~"'DER 7~lone1, USAF neputy for Technology and Subsystems YOU THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITY! 1. Ltr Steff Millard 2. FTD Form 164 Th1.s is 1n rsply to your recent latter in further rererenoe to unidentified flying objects. vlhile the Air Force does not deny that there may be life existing on other planets. there has never been a shred or evidence that would lead any- one to seriously believe that these beings have visited the earth 1n spaceships. On the contra~J> all the investigations made during the past 16 years have t anded to strengthen the conviction that lmi- dencif1ed f'ly1ng objects are merely natural phenomena such aa meteors or ball lightning, or misinterpretation or some conventional oojeot such as an aircraft, balloon or perhaps even bird. L'"'l the case of Captain ~tantell> a t the t ime he \'las dispatched to investigate a UFO, it was not knoNn that a weather balloon was 1n the area. When the report or hia sighting was checked out. investigation re- vealed that the Navy had released such a balloon under. a then classified project, and therefore its release was known only to those persons actually working on .the.project. The Air Force conclusion or the Washington D.C. sightings were that they were due. to mirage errecta created by a double inversion. Sincerely, MASTON r4. JACKS r"laj or, USAF Public Information Division Office of Information