PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. lOCATION atXiraunci-VI suof BX 0 GroundRodor ========:_:.h-~0 Ai,..VIsuol 0 Airlntereept Radar Civ iliao . ~ Milita r NUMBER 0, OIIJ!c:TS 9. COURS! 11111!11 SUMMAaY 01' Sl~nll8 11. COMMENTS 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircroft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astrono"'l cal 0 Probably Aatronomic:ol 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ~e.object. Two round lights (white) linking -flew straight and level. server used binoculars. WX overcast. Short duration. Two lights on one object. Alternating s u ggests a / c sighting . AYIC POlUI l2t tan 26 a&P 52) I ~ECURITY JOH~T ME SSAGEF'CRfv': UNCLASSU IED '.P.COAL "WTRUCTIO~S i COMDR ATIC 1 COMDR, 46o2D AISS, ENT AFB, COLORAOO SPRINGS, CO:t.ORA:OO J,6o2D AISS FLT 1-C, OXNARD AFB, CALIFORNIA IMFO CY: J(UHCLASSIFDD) OXNARD,. CALD'ORNIA. IN 'VIEW OF PO.SSIBI.E Pu.BLICITI, . I A1ID .roLICE .Aim .SBBRIFF .DOOOHT :D Olf CASE' REQUEST PBELIMINARY INVESTIGrriON. REQUKST BRIEF SUMNARY CiF F-INDINGS BY 'I'r MESSAGE. COORDINATION: AFOIN-4E DATE CC7 4:J, WHICH W1LL CE UC..:.L NOoiLITY CF AdD u::-GE. TEE. OBJE.CTS QL?.STI.JN !3ECufllrY CLA!!"~!t'!CATIO~ JOii', tT MESSAGEf"ORM SPACl3 lUlLOP' i<SE.R7BD FOR COM:'ti':NIC.H CO:c.-IDR ATI C C~ASSI Fl CA (IO N Or P EFERENC:! S P ZCIAl. IN~Ti'IUCTIONii COMDR, XlXX 4602D AISS COLOnADO SPRINGS, COLORADO}) . ~-. ~ 4602D _ATSS, FLT 1-C, OXNARD AFB, CALIFORNIA FROM: AFOIN-4E4 .!)C-L/t.Js~ ?A..'Cfl' I -RE1i'E.~CE OUR MESSAGE AFOIN-4E4.; 3-398-E Dk..~D 27 MABCH 57 REQUESTING INV.8S'.l'IGATION OF OXNARD CALIFOBNIA INCIDENT OF 23 . AS REPORI!f<D Off TT-MSG 69-o.PS-Y FROM COMDR, 669 ACWRON. NO COlfCERNING THIS CASE RFX:EIVED AS lET; ONLY COMMENT IN YOUR UFO SUMMABY WITH S'l'~ WAS AST.BONOMICAL. TRIS INCIDENT PJY THIS CENTER AS ~l'.i"IAI;LY DM~GE.OOUS j N 'I$~ IT COUIJ) GIVE AIR FORCE UNFAVORABLE MLICITY J "FLYING SAUCER" PROPOBEN1'8. IF EL'DLOI'l'ED BY. FM~IC O.R DIE-BARD IN\T J.(PJ THIS NOW POSSIBn.ITY, WITH NATIONAL :INViSTIGATlOBS COMMITTEE ON UFOS, IJEM;.u,-niNG FUU. DETAILS AND ANSWERS TO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OXNARD JNCIDENT NOT SOPPOR1'8D BY INFO:KATION IN FII.E. OFFICIALLY THIS nTCIDP:NT OOES NOT WARRAN'l' ACTION REQUIRED, T~OUBI.E FOR AIR FORCE, HI S STOCK IN TRADE FOR AI.'!OST 'l'EN YEARS SIG N '7URE: OAT1E TIMIE SCOJRITY C!ASSIFICATION JOiNT MtsSAGEFORM-COtmNUAflON SHEET . CO~IDR A'riC REQUIRE NO CONMEl'lT. PRESUME DETAILS, FINJ)INGS OR .AF112, TII SUPPORT .OF lJFO SU1~Lh.ffi CONCLUSION, IN PREPARATI ON. ROilEVER, NOW REQUEST IWriEDIATE TRANSNISSION OF DETAILS AND PERTINENT FACTS SURROUNDING 'I~ C-ASE ~ REQUESTED IN Tl'-3-398-E, SO 'J;'HAT THEY MAY BE F ORWAHDED TO HG..S USAF, TOOETHE.R \fiTH RECOMM&!NDATIONS FOR OFFICIAL REPLY TO COMMI'ITEE PART II -IN ADDITIOll, TO AljSWE.H THIS COMMIT!'EESCHARIES . 1'0 i'OIJ1)WING.-.DE5 IRP:P SPEC IF ICAIJ:y: a. OUR UFO REPOBT 69-0PS-Y, .REFERENCED ABOVE, STATES FOUR AIPC ~ ,Wl11i 11EGATIVE CONTACT. HOWEVER, b ,-00 NOT !mOW S0UBCE OF HIS lNFOR-fAT!Olf I..A.ll~ FOUR UFOS DB?'AUZJl REPOl'fl ~PABID Br OXIIARD Pl LOT DESCRIBING ONE UFO, ALSO ITS . ESTIMA'mD AT 3600 MPH. c. WBBI 'l'Efi!Rl5 AllY CLASSIFIED PILOT.' S . AND RADAB REPO.B'l'S. OF '!'HE: AS CLAIMED1 IF 50 AND NORMALLY AF REPORTS OF SUCH NATURE MIGHT. Bli 1 .Tamti.!B WHAT MBAN8 OR SOUBCE . SUCH ~HWnO!I, INASMUCH As .IT WOULD BE BRIUCH OF SECURITY? a~ NOT CLEAR, AND SOMEWHAT CONFUSING, REPOHT OB OBSERVER: RISES .FROM BED, GLANCES OUT OF WINDOW, SH!ES OBJECT HIGH IN SlCl, OBSERVED FOB lt,. REPEAT lt HOURS, '['REI GE'.l'S HYSTERICAL 'WITH FEAR. .t\PPARENTLY OFFICER ON DUTY, WHICH OBSERVER COW"..ACTBD, FOI.Il)WlJil LOCAL PROCE~S IN AIE'R'DTID HIGHltlAY PA'fEOL A.~ Xi ml'ERCE.PI'ORS \viTBOUT ... T.AKnlG ACTION TO C~CK 'l'HE INC IDKW'll--, JGiNT M5SAGEFORM .. CONTINUAflON SW!I:IT SEQJRITY CU.SSIFICATION' CO!IDR ATIC FURTHER, Til VlEW OF HIS ADMI'ITED KNO\fLEOOE QF. HER EMOTION.i\L COliDITION? THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME SUBJECTIVITY ON THE PART OF THIS OFFICER. HQS USAF CANNOT BE SUPPLIED WITH DETAILS A.l\fD ANSWERS TO ABOVE WITHOUT FURTHER INFORNATION RIDARDDJG THIS MATTER. COORDINATION: TG C0iiDR ATIC t,JRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO /u CLAS/ AISOC 4 75 PD REFERENCE YOUR AFOIN 4E4 IC4~354 PD FCLLOl:JI NG INFOR~1ATION SUBi~ITTED Cw~ SOURCE RELIABILITY QT~ POSSIBLY RELIABLE UN Q! E RE?ORTED THE FOLLOWI NG CLN QTEO SOUrtCE AROSE FROM BED TO ANSWER T~LEPHON2 PD WHILE ON PHONE SOURCE OBSERVED UNUSUAL ~REEN OBJECT I N NORTHEAST SKY AT ABOUT TEN DEGREES ABOVE THE rtORIZON PD OBJECT SEEMED TO THROB AND PULSATE PD NO SOUND PD OBJECT ALTrrtAT!LY AHAD AND DID NOT HAVE A TAIL PD SHINY ALUMINUM LIKE PU: APPEARED AT TIMES ON TOP OF OE J ECT PD 03JECT wAS SEEN TO MOVE AT GREAT SPIEDS AND ALSO TO REMAIN STATIC P F 03JE."C1 Soi:i.W FOR iiV HOIR FORTY FiiJ 'MINUTES PD UNQ.TE EADED ON THIS PAGEr~c RJtDEN 185 INrCRMATICN EVALUATION WAS ASTRONOMICAL INiC&~ATION EVALUATION OF ~JAS ASTRONOMICAL WAS IVEN THIS SIGHTING PD FOt.LC:JING l~lFOHMAIT!ON !S 11UOTED FRO:V!SU??Ll'1ENTARY' ENVEST!GATIVE REP CRTS ON AI FORr1 112 CLN THE 669TH A I RCRAFT CONTrtOL AND \TARN ING SClU~DRON LOC.\T'ZD ON SA~JTA ROSA l.:>LAND ~:JAS CONTACTED AND THE: CONT'rtOLLER I~fiJR\l.~flON PD ,:,TATION CPERATIVZ D:JRING ENTIRE P~RIOD OF si;;HTING PO ONLY G E: pAINT tJ.~S :~OTE:D TJL~T NIGHT CMM FIVE :1GURS 3ZFCq E T~Z SIGnTIN~ '.~AS RZ?CRTE~ ?D CH:C!\ ~JITH BASE: OPEi<ATIONS O:X~Ai?D ;\.F"3 ~i~CLCS~ TaE iCLLOWING CLN TWO F-3~ ~IRCRAFT CM~ 0XNARD 3ASED CMM .!) CONDUCTZD P D A I~CP.A F T H C:P GRT ED LlE I T :-c:.:~ VI:,u,;L OR RADAR S IGHTING PD AIRCRAFT RETU!tNED T O rASE AND NO iiP.TdE:rt ACTION TAKEd PD Mf1 ASTRONO~ER AT SAN ?ERN.:;RD I~lO V~LL~Y COLLEG~ SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATICt~ CLN ARTURUS WAS PRESE~T I N TH!: r~ORTHEASTERN SKY SLIGHTLY i3LQl;J A FORTY FIVE DEGRE!!: ~LSVATION DURI~G THE TIME OF SIGiiTING PD MR BEATTY I~DICATED THAT RTURUS WAS V!:RY BRIGHT P D LT OTT Ci-1~1 DUTY OFFICSR. STATED TH.~T HE ? t~GE T:-iREE RJEDN 186 ::.~ LW::U SANTA ROSA ISLAND AND THEY SAlD THEY HAS A PAINT. IN APPRQX.lMATt it\.Z..:. OF si;HTING P.n. HOWEVER LATER CONTACT WITH RADAR SITE DID NOT ;jFi?0RT THIS PAINT PI} QUOTAT.I()N FROM STATEMENT Of lT OTT QTE ;.{GUGH ON SEVERAL. OCCASIONS THE GROUND OESIRVER REPORTED. THE AI~CRAFT CLOSE TO THE OBJICTS CMM NO CONTACT.VAS MAD EY THE AIR CREWS PD u~D QUOTE FROM REPORT THIS SIGHTING WAS ~EKii'1ATELY CAUSED BY STAR CMM PROBABLY STAR ARTURUS PD ALTHOUGH LT OTT SAID IN HIS STATEMENT THAT 66~TH ACWRON WAS CARRYING STATION~RY PAING I~ C~MARILLO AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING C~M LT MARTIN CHM DUTY CONTROJ...LER ON NIGHT OF 22/2J MAR 57 CMM DENIED Ct\r1RYniG A PLOT AT T H I S TIME PD A LACK OF GROUND RADAR CONTACT C~M PLUS TJ:Z FACT T:{:~T N~ITHER AIR30RN RADArt NOR CREWMEi1BZ;<S .-7 !'-3';) INTEilCZPTORS SJ\Tij ANY THING wOULD R JLE OUT .~NY UNUSUAL (c'"l~CT ?!:> T:iiS HEADQU.~rtTERS REGR!:TS T~AT YIJUR CS~lTER DOE:S NOT . .::...". JA:tTE~S v~l ?6 1\?R 57 PD ! N FUTURE: THIS HEADQUA:tTErtS !.J1ILL MAIL .i~::., C\;PV OF .1!~?0R"f PD SU'3tJECT REPORT ~ILL 1~0LL01/ o y .\IP.i'l.~IL PD :t:"it0r; 1-fi:ADQUARTERS US AF PD END l 7/2312Z MAY RJEDEN ~n a~tifi~d FlYing Object California CfNTETIS: Sig!--..ting ~rrl s~bssquent. even t:s by Camarillo,.California PART 'niO: Suppl ementary In~estigative Efforts PART T!Ut.EE: Gotl'l"leo~rs o f Preparin~ OffiGcr f . II.. S~.M:-f.ARl: Un identified :flying ~bj~cts were obsen~d visually 1-. frcm-a. P9int (EJBE ~} northeast of CAM.ARIIJO, CJLirorusu (EJAE. 5513 ) for-a . , period o.t: :two ( 2) ho1lrs; .md fif:t~n (1,5) pri.nutes o~;'the, evening of. 22, 2), March : . . 1957. :.'Fh4:iitform.ation in. trd.s r~por-t "das obta.in!'d,!ro!tt the person seei."'1.g thes e .. -~ obja.ts~and; P;.qta ~-:i'~VeS t~4~ c.oD4uc:~ed to ... d~ .. \~4'18-< the possible cause Of .. III. I;l';~;tbn~R:_:, ~/;gt JUmi T. FI~; AF 16.3n95l A.PPROV&l I . eoJ.cmel.:~'