PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Vloa Balloon 16 May 1956 Los Angeles, California o Probably Balloon u i bl y Ball 00 n a Wos Aircraft ~Ground Vi auol a Probobl y Aircraft GMT 17 /0245Z o Ai,...Vi!luol a Airlntercept Radar a Poasibly Aircraft Cl X Wo I A at ronomi cal venus 0 Probobl y Astronomical C i vi 1 ian a Pouibl y A~tronomicol 1. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS considered to be UFOS for period of 20 mins one 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY OF SICHTING One delta shaped object, red strip- ped and flashing, the size of a pea held at arm's leagth. The object remained stationary at all times. At 034 0Z the observers believed the object to be a star. stationary 11. COMMENTS a lnaufffci ent Data for Evaluation There is no soubt that this sighting was astronomical in nature. Note the admittance of the observers, the duration d the sighting, the colors involvec and the time of day. The observez s probably saw Venus as it is the b~ightest heavenly body in the sky and is especially "eye catch- ~!1 YDA118 XYD159 XDA117TTTTTJBA115TTTTTJDEC0 4 JlH I ~R RJEDZN RJEDWP RJEPHQ ?~! COl1DR 669TH ACWRON FORHUE CALI F TO RJEDEr~ /COI1DR ENT AGB COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO ~J~PJE/COi1DR 2 7TH ADIV CDEF) ~ORTON AF e CALIF RJEDWP/COl1DR AI R TECHNICAL INTEELIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSOtJ ~::Fo RJE? HQ/DIP.ECTOR OF INTZLL!GE:NC!:: HQTRS USAF HAHitlGTON 25 D. C . !J!:CLASS690?S 078- Y UFOE. 1. A.DELTA HING. B.?EA. C .RED STP.IP~ED <FLASi-:!!:G >. D.ONE E .NONE. H.NONE. 2. A.STANDING STILL. 9 .HIGH. C .JONE. D.NEVER NOV2D AT LAST RE?ORT. E.UNK. F.T\:JENTY MINUTES 3 . VISUAL WITH SINOCULARS. 4. A.17 HAY 56 . E. 1945 PD-T. C . 0245Z. LGS ArlGELES' AGE 27' FHO~E E:f;Glf!EER FOR BENDIX CO~ SIX OTHERS OBSERVED IT PD NOtlE ARE GOC ~1SI1EE:RS P D 7 . A. CLEAR. s . 25'00 FT :SRO!\EN FIFT!!:EN HILES VIS' ::rr:Ds FROil THE HS T AT SIX KtlOTS. 8. O~SZRVE:RS THOUGHT 0!3J::CT TO BE f-. STAR AT C340 Z. 9 . l!OiH:. 10 . NO~JE. 11. I N LA COIJTROL AREA. 12. S~lPh~NY At!D PASSPORT CON1ROL SITES t~ERE tJOTIF IED TO SCAN THE AREA :THSRE THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTZD. BELIEVED PERHAPS ITS JUST ANOTHER ._.FOB. RECO;HlEND tiO ACTION J.C. LE~liS 2i!D LT DIRECTOR OI~ DUTY.