PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Probably Bat loon 0 Possibly 8olloo" Van Nuys, C~lifornia 3. OAT!TIME GROUP Local n tU)Q ( N) ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~ro~o~nd-Vi suo I Air-Vi aual 0 Woa Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Ai rlntercept Radar 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Yes 0 Probobl y Astronomical ; N~o C~1~tv~i~1~i~a~n (tR~p~t~ib~y p~h~o~n~e~.~t~o o~ Possibly Astronomical I 7. LENGTH Ofl OIUERVATION 1. NUMBER OP' OBJECTS 9. COURSE AT JC 01 ..u ther::-"lul.li!Ot..::a~x~--::--~-:--- sever::tl minute::i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Spherl<':1~. ohject lnuJe d in oln::>cr:~rs grounds~ Thlee cr tures cam~ o~r. :c:~ccd .. i lay were fm Venuso L a-er ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 0 lns~o~fficlent Data for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS Be cause DoO. ~r1oneous1v c on- tacted ~ol ~litchell tc investi- .;a t e ... ~ .:'.i <>'JsE:rve r w ::ts found t o hE: C::>S . 1 ~nber o r employe~, .\FOI~;-.!X :.:r.ommended i n vesti- ~ation to slo~ actio n Laken lr. 2vrn t had t)ubl ici ty later Of~ic e .\T(C :.ndica t o s this t o b e a L)(l~li..c:J.ty c ase. Confirmed CLASS\F\ED ~f FORM 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ncroRr IH>.lc-u OB-2-56 rlight 1 - C, h602rl /\ISS AISS.UFOD-473-56 SOlTR~ E ' S STATEN ENT I :ra~ a~Takened at h A.~t by the barking of my tuo collie -lo.::::;. I t:r:iQ 1 t o eo baclr to sleep but the do~s c cninute d to bark -I ~egan to T_.;orry that neighbors uovld call police so I got up to investigate. I went to the rloor and t urne d on a hot;se and porch light h y Means of a \-rall slitch. On my lat-.'Il t~ere were both dogs lookinp. t:p-,varri toward t.he phone pole 'lcross the street. P.bout t h irty feet above said pole vras tlh~t appeared to be a round sphere of gold netaiic Sl.!bstance -this sphere drifted slowly and silently tO'.Yard my f ront (street side) yard or lawn. The first soun d above or other than the tiogs b arking r-ras that oj the r l' !-itling of the leave3 of the Cali: or nia EL"1 Tree in the center of my yarr , as the object begatl to settle earth~1arri in \That appeared to be the center o f the tree. Then s lowly a sl~N cras1ing o f the tree as the ~all began to near the ~round. ~rom what appe.;rel'1 to he tho 1-;eir'ht of the object or some sort of e lectrical "ield the t r e e t-.ras split off so that only one o.:f th~ doubl e trunks rer.tained. stan-Jinz. The call seemed t o s~ttle abo1.1t 8 to 10 inche s .from t h e r,roun'i, n e ver co~pletely c~ing to rest. :!CIJ to 11y utter a"'laze..,ent, 3 rnen e::ter :.ed from "the ':all and one spoke i n 1vhat soundec to he .:1 tape recorried voice. "~ie are f ron T.{h.:Jt. you call Vem.1s." "~le a=e 'j"'CUr !':iands . " I stepped .fo~arrl ;.nri automati~o.ll:;' shook the ran s hanrl an-i Jv!":en r.y 5 ye~r oll collie :nn~le b egan ~obi or nip at the ~an's arm near the wrist. ~-:it'1--r. ..... ic, all tl-tree br:ckerl into t!-:e vehicle 1-r~ich h~d n c e:.ppare:1t door or portal '!:-;e oall zl0~:eti f,Oli. cl.n~ t}:en took o !:f st a trene"1iO s speed, leavin~ be'":ind a -r.~orou:; .... ly a"'azed witness -I nctic.::d a warn blc:;s't. o.:.' si-dlar to ~he opening o f .:m cr-;-~n .~. !" .~en the crnf t rlisauo earsci. I":. H:':; :!JOn ~ ....... en : arrive~ :--ere : :.::..., ".\'ork -c;: COt;r s e I ral conri need r.yself :.r :: ~ ~ . . .f~J 2.an f rom natl .. ral :at:s"=. ::o:. th 1t I h a .;e hc;d any st.c h thine :1a,zpen be:.0r 2 . u c -2 :i.nc r etiiC.':.li 't.Y o f :..-.e ;:-:-f'c .. ed:ing e;-rperience .:-,eerned rcn e t' a n I co~.1-1 r:Jla-,:-. r,o even P'~Y closest i':-.:..~:1 3 ::r If'lat.Lves. r!Oi-rever, ii. H.s t'.is ! 'J' :rt.:~a."<\Yl on a yar ~ cot::~ ~o et, a St!ntan \: 1e n I ~la-:-:C!d at ny roor i n thf fro~ ~':0 -c~ ... r:t :i ... '"-per1 o.'i- ~, _eat I kn eu tr.at thls ':vas net t! 1e r;~se.. Here on sr'- e:re, t!:.:? or:l :-u::r e nce 1vas t hat it l okcd :l.l;ht..ly :;: r~-r. to : h e ... i -:dl e :..f the l a'h'TI .:::nrl yelled teleDh01"'1 . A t'1e O:'licr; r.o CeO if' rher .. ' harJ. b'?.m cH'Y n ~ r si ":1i '1 3 nrl recci. .'el the reply Em.,r m:ch hd."C yrn i1 ,.l to il i~l'. n E~cci v~ r: no ~u."t..isfa~ti.rn there I c.:1ll0d 'T'!Y lo~al n C\13;'apcr, V1e Cit.i~t:n i'e:.;s , .:m 1 't!u. ..... rtt 0:1 tf'l 1. rrr.crtr!' t;~c ha-i hari sever 1 rc-:pcrts on t.hc sa.r.te da.Y :;.n 1 vi'c e;'act obi ct : 'u;..ri -1 r:c r i'berl. The r e-ortC'r ca:11n over ~n l toll r:c l'h'lv '1~ !,._.'.l her.r"! a n i l , . ._ '.'"' ~l-., ""l:f ; ull stnr:,.r i nclwiin:-th~ C!Ji soic of !;;i ~t:tcen J He prori::::; .,o-to n..:on:.ion rrty name in a n y arti,...l n t.ho.t he .. :olll ri pu'lid-;r4' 11 . ,1 AIN<; INFOfH,I \TIO'I IF~" _ t'ING THC 'lAli0' , ,\1 nfFCN'iC:OF THE U~IITrO 1t\Tr~ l'oiT41N Tl'r ;: I 'll':(; J: 1" ''il0t10FTI I'F FORM 112-PART II A IR INTELLIGENCE iNFORMATION REPORT Flight 1 - C, 4602d AISS PAGE OF "' PAGCS I~ICL #5 (co:1t : cr-..,c: hone a t appr oxiMJ71ely ~:1~), fixed MY "io s riinner a~d '.:mt .i.n l.o the -.,ack yarri .. o feed them. I ha1 no :Joo:-ter steppedinto t h e yard than I sa 1'1 it againo Th~s ti- ere were t:o nen ~nd t~ey notioned br n0 to coMe ov er, ~y better ju::!gemen":. told me :1ot to but I nevertr.eless ";ant over to the thing. l h e wa.rr:1th end friend liness of the people ..from this craf t a r e tl;e only thing~ which can explain MY having enough confidence to go on the ride 'Hhich I shall descri b e 'r)elo~-1. This is the incredible part of my story 't-T~ich I ' m su r e will rnake it hard for . :l..'1j"'De ;.1ho has not evperien c e d any st:cr. thin g t o believe, iut being of I hope, sound ~in~, I r e late the followin g and nayhe someday in the not too 1istant future r:J~' eX?erience will b e proven ~vi thout a dot:bt. In :.he sa.'"'le q,,ality of tape recortie1 voice, I l-Ias asked t o go f o r a s ~ort trip to t~e '' ~u:.. ~e Craft. " . .fith leg s trembli n g an~ "'lUCh eye t l.-i tching, I e<1tered the . hall 4ith ~y heart in ~y mouth and s~at actually po uring f rom un1ar my arms. T~e :::1s i d e ~1as unlike the Ol. tside (~old Color ) , it Has t ranslucent and at;!=eared t o be made of a plexiglass :Oj-pe material. The~e 1-,as no gla=c and light se-:m~d to 'be - _ refracte d and su: dued but no dark c oloration was n oticeable sudh as ~ght ex;act if they locke~ tr.=o sun gla~ses. 1here were n o doors nn~ Lhe c;.ns,.;e.r -r.:.-,at Has given 't.O ne ~.;hen I aske~ how 'lJe g o i ;,to 1:-he t~in w:.s: "By reversing th~ polc:.:-i t y of the a tors. " For a :'en seconds I woul-i ju1c.e for He Here able to see ::!e c.c:rth receding beneath us, t!-:2:1 sv.:irling ~ s~ -Eaving vision frorn a l l fo1.:r si i-:s a r.d havin~ only ~lass banea.-:l-t :'le anri abov a --:e I ha-1 co:1stz.nt feeling oi the :;;css:..bili t y of fallini=: throLgh ~;;e thing as it ~Ta:.> so clea.'1. I iccpt s l ightly '-lc:;}:ir::.-~ ro1 on e :'oot ta the ot!ie r . .:'~: ._ .::111 travc l e'i i ro:n ""~Y ba .. ~!.: lai-m to thA ~.::.~a crait l~cata~ in a rc.si t i cn ""'= I'J) -:ilcs a~ o ;n eart~ n.n:! L . i;.. , Cali!:ornia :=: a -,at.:er n :' 60 secon -rap:.:! .:"'::.. 'r.t a~out 15 t o 25 seconds, the rest o f the I .as t'r ~n f!S~orte-1 :'r::i:'l sc--,o ..., .)=:. -:.:. air lod~ lm a r~"""'D anti i :1to the shi p or e o a :l[:n s c oo s o r t o: s~.:dn\..i-_.~ t.hu-:. ~a~ an ai:-~o.:=--~ t r a:1quiliqing c_lect. r;y l egs strr)ped sha;in . I :.rierl ":.o = at~':'r : s ~t:c ~ inf0mc. :.ion a s I co1lct cut I ;1as so h.:!ld in a t.;e Ni t'1 ' Y s-: r r c .. : n ~in-s ~:1at I ,:h:s:. \:as ~;;l 1 i n a sort of "Li111b o trance. " .. ~.:,! ~sked .o~r~: I ;1a s ta~en c!.lc!:'t ("Hhyr'le" ) the one Hho SlJOke said t hat i)1cy \!Ci."1t~'~ t.O rc:;;:;.:, :'"!9 :or ::.t.a ''unn:cessor: r!ana~ing o f MY lova l y yar:l t rce a n 1 that t'-:i 1.1a s cr.e 0: oPly s:::v t:n ci tan ts t!-1:::?.', '1.:1 l ha<i in thL. 1.:. ; t lO'ycar~. .?here arc no !: e s place i n the ~'aster '}Lirle C:cc:1ft. Their t~";e .T:' ~;...e j nco:-:ven:ience o f n y ;1t\'~ -. GJ Trto.,e tht:: t ree a n--I p:~y f (.r cart::1~c Jf ..,any " ""1 I inqrir c r! of t1 'J '"'un s a;u I '..Ja;; tol ~ t~n t, 'e ,.;as o 1h:1r :"t:XJ y ears ulri. :;~at s~'n!-.: .~C'Y have <t(l; th::s t'"-c or-ly t.hin..,. I .;an sa: is F~-at t.ha} t,.-.1.-l ""le .:'ln tl Af FORM 112-FlRT 1 .. .1\PPRO'JED I JUNE tl-48 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ' llU'OAl !10. lC-tJli"OB-.2-56 I tiCL . /{5 (Cont.) .,Jh~n I asked them what mo_ti ve o! pO'W8r their various craft U3ed, I ilas askod i I kn~w aJ17"thing about the *'Challenary Lineuo I ahook my h8ad o.nu h e ~miloi!d aa one ~ight in a : sort of pl~as1nt-pity at the sight of: a spast.lo or mentally crippled person and gave -m~ the ~.rolla>wing vor~ grouping vhich I put d own .as phonetically- as possibl t . nell dale 011inick" Round and. Round the Ravels pin - (Fuzz~t ~ Fli:ld OUt,~ Cn the variou.s scspea or round. s1m1lsr 'l'V-screens, most. of ~ich \olera bl aoked out, I 3&\ol the-Mother Ship or "Ciga.nta Liner~* 'Which was on tvo screen3 at once-. Ths7 both appered to bt9 the. view of said ship. ~ . 'Was told . that it took 110 euth yers 'to build this monster wh9ae dimension-s a::"11 15 .. 5 mile~ in. length nd 1 t hs3 37 d~cks. :i was told tMt it has a hangar or J 3..:ding-3t&tion on their, planet and did not. ramain alot.t. at all times :ts a sa!.~lite . TheY have only ? .of these ship3. I give 7t;AJ. al J. these stat1s-..ies vi th the cope that you may have or receiVI!J _1 dupli~te i .. ~ tion. I g~ais~cn.escortad back to tr~ ~ll'and back in the yard of ~Y heme here in . S&n ?~rnando ~allq. , . t.:baerlting be clock at the time of rey "'rsturn, I noticed the tl.l":le to b~ 6:.25 PH. ~ ., , ":.cact time :or my departure I a.m .::ot sure of o I only lclobi t ha t, I loft the office I l!t 5 '"}r eom'.l};lere thsre about and' -::ry ride heme at ~.1ah hour takes all of a half'ncuro :. lu7~ little more to add to this. I onl;r pray Gd that t,he officials of our GoveL"n.~l!nt ~..rtll.ac~pt. this as a f'aet ~d !lOt scrne -wild droam of some frustrated { this ca3 all been quite a shook. !t 3e.,ms e.l.moat.liks. a d ree.m -rath~r than reality,. ~ tosver, ! ~ convinced in my own d that it h~pp$ned. I Th~ fact- t.'lat t'<iO o~her peopls in thi 9 a:-~.s r.sve describ6d I"Xt.\C 'ly VTta.t I ::;a".J 1 ..ri t~Oil t !l~!U"ing my stor] first. . ~ n., .fac~ that my tree wa~ c.:!.euly 3plit at 4 .A!~, 16 July. l!:li3 c~rrob~.ratP--d ~ by !~e:.:-... , door ~eighbor for you of.ficers a\.~ home t.odsy {dl0\7 cr :1cki:'lg of tree) . ; rac t tha~ ~here is a depression of Jt inche~ in ~y back laWn ond ~hat : burn.t!d rn..at,ria-~ was tad:ea fraB t.h-9 soil that sme night of JO~h July l eava-3 me wi lli the onl7 conclusion tbat this is a StarkClear Re&lityo .IJ\.i\.o~ Jo AF FORM 112-PART II 11rP.,c.::n t ~utE Dta AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT F~i ~rtTIIO. lC-UFCB- 2- 56 Flig~t 1-C, 4602d AISS SUPPLE>L!:.r'1\H.Y II'iVESTIGATIVE E~F'ORTS 1 . Liu a to the pub licit:r giv e n t o SOURCE s ul legr:d experienc e nnJ indlcc.tions of lt, being a. publicity stunt, cont a cts -were Ilt.Ct:d3 1.1rily li!:.i t ed tu .1v oid . . r.y r.e'Jd r.el eases involving the .Ur Force . :..S.: 2 . Gol. ! b x 0 . !li. tchell, Chief AT.i C ~}estern Offic e , wa s contu ct.eJ p r i or \:... ... { )L , . t o :1ny action by t his .:>rganiztion. Colo Hitchal l stated t hat h d =ontoc.:ted ,.~ J.. SC'J.rtCE by telephone as directed and r.1t1de a n app oi nt.ilent for an it'! t crvi e\ol. . ; .. l,-i He 'Ass aJvisad by SOURCE that TV, Radio and t h e p r ess \.Jould be present .for f ... : ... \ ' .,., t h a intarvie,.l. C~nsiddri !,~is,_ Co!_g_Ja tche:J-1. called ATIC -and \lll3 a dv.i sed ~.J J t~iscqn~inqe h i s inveati~ation.~Col. ltitchell .:tdvi3ed the inve:;t i ga tors Lv ' """'-c\ ..... JA that a. :1ro atta c hed to t h e Van :!..tys Reserve .J Cect er ha d also contac on this ~tter on 2 August 1956. (Se e para 6). - Colo t~itchell furthe r stated that !il'o t-~ay ha.d expressed a n inter~st in bei ng '""........}~. recalled to ~ctive duty ar..d v orl<ing on UFOB i nvestigations inasnmcn as h e ha d a grea. t deal of experience wi t b theiJo It '.las then consi dered advisable t o con'Ulc t SOURCE through :t.r. Hay. 3 . The Fe~leral Bureau of Investigation, Los An,~les, Calii'ornla , L"'l no pe; of .fi;d ing ba c k ground i nf or:1.::!. tier. 0:1. e i t ~er SC.i iRCE or l:r o was co nt.:lcte:l :.~ -=-:..e .-::-te n r1i r Force Ease Of f ica =~ ::-_i.'or!"~ tion 3ervice s '.Ja s c o ntacted .r.J. . r. .:...:::-:1int.-:ent r.-..R.de t o "lisi t t;-e L=s nnb~1e3 oi f ice. It .;li s l~3rned irom t:~a Los Angel e s Lfficc