Palmdesert California — May 1956

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 16 May 1956 Palm Desert, California o Probably Balloon ui bJ Y Balloon ~Ground-Visual 0 GroundRadar Woe Aircraft 0 P robabl )' Aircraft GMT 17 /0715Z 0 Air-VI suol 0 Air Intercept Radar I!XPouibly Aircraft 0 Yoa C Probably Astrononlicol Civilian O Pouibly Atro"o"'lcol 7. LENGTH 0, OIIERYATION 8. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE C, Other _ 0 Insufficient Dot fr Evaluation two minutes one westerly C Unlcnown 10. BRIEJI SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING One round object, the size of held at arm's length, yellow, flight heading west. ATIC FORM 329 (R&V 25 S&P 52) 11. COMMENTS Concur with the opinion of the reporting officer that this sighting was possibly caused by an aircraft. 1 CA) ROUND CB) PEA CC) YELLOW TIME CD> ONE CE > N/ A CF) UNK CG) NEG CH) NEG CI> UNK. 2 , LEVEL FUGHT HEADING WEST CA) UNK CBl 40DECREE CC) 50DEGRE:E CD) LEVEL fLIGHT PATH HEADING WEST CE > BLANDKED OUT CF > TWO 3 . GROUND VISUAL CB) NEG CC> NIA PALM DESERT, CALIF. OCCUPATION UNKNOWN. 7 UNK CA> CLEAR FEW SCARTERED CLOUDS CB) LIGHT AND VARIABLE 13~ DEGREE 9 KNTS, 170 DEGREE 23 KNrS, 210 DEGREE 27 KNTS, PAGE TWO RJWPJB SG 320 DEGREE. 31 KNTS, UNK. CC::) 25 ~10 BRKN CD) 1' .,MILES. CEl s cr > NEG. ONE JET AIRCRAFT BY OBSERVER THOMAS D. LUCAS, 1/LT, SR. DIR., LANDING , WING OR TAIL LIGHT OF AIRCRAFT t7/21113Z MAY RJWPJB WP257 YDC162 XYC2~ XDD142JBAl50JBG 8 PP RJEPHQ RJEilJP DEN DE RJWPJB 8G FM COMDR 751ST ACWRON MT LAGUNA CALIF TO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE, HQD USAF WASHS25, D.c. RJEil~P/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTEL CENrER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWPJB/COMDR 27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF WP257 YDC16'2 XYC2 PP RJEPHQ RJEllJP m: RJWPJB 8G XDD142JBA150JBG e;s FM COMDR 75tST ACWRON MT LAGUNA CALIF TO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE, HQD USAF WASHS25, D.c. RJEOOP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTEL CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEDENICOMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO RJWPJB/COMDR 27TH ADIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF