PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSlOHS 0 Was Balloon Res da, Califor11i~ 3. OAT ETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSER\IATIO~ 0 P robably Bulloon Po.s::ibly Balloon 0 GroundRa do1 0 Was Ai rcroft 0 Pro bo~l y Ai rr.roh a P ossibly Aircraft D Was A3tronomical not r Ppor ted a Air-Visual C A i r!nt"r c bpt R<Jdar 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a P robably A::tronomic:ol 0 Po::sibly As tronomrcol : tNio C i vi l i 8 n ' 7. l..ENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COllRSE 0 Othttr------------- (j\:XJn3uffielemt DGta for E v ol\l,tion D U nknown Cigar shaptJd cone size o f DC-G at 1000 .Insufficient data for evaluation .. -1.500 ft observed in a s tationaty posl-Tinte of day not included. No t ion. I f o hj et: t moved it was toward Oth~:H r8por t s from this area on observer. Ob joct su1roundod by ellipti-this date .. PossiblE.: a/c approach- cal light l 1/2 tin1es u s long a s widoo Color was golden .. Core was SX brighte r tltan oute r portion. Color of core yellov flickering~ No detail.s , no sottild, n o , . trai.l, no exhaust. Object in WNW portio 1'>: ... ~.: of sky at 60 d g r elevation .. Disnppcar~c ':' . like turning out light. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 5 2) Country .a Su b j'3ct1 Unknown, seen California Sat 1/1, Card 1/2 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Agency: HaY"/Ood Air Force Depot DoRo! April 15 DoioX April 5, 1957 2~ On 5 April 1957 , h ome ada~I..,..,'a--~s , Reseda, California; otfice address , Los gales 46, California, telephonically rl3ported to Special Agent DALLAS Go WEDDLE that he had observed an unusual phenomena a nd ,,.,as ld"iti...."lg a l~ttar to H~adquarters USA.F ex ining his observation. On 8 Apri~ ( 1 957 Speoial Agex1t GLENN T. COX intarviawttd at his office. ; 4:J ~ :.i ... r . A .cq.lgar. shapi<:b ~ore, approxitr.ately .thd size of a DC-6 at '.~QQO to .15QO .f~;t, ourrounded by an ~lliptlcal light with l~ngth radius 1 1/2 times and width radius 1( 2 time~ a$ long a~ the oi~ar shaped core. The elliptical glov was bright golden in color; \Jhila the cigar shaped core was approximately five times brighter than the outer light and ~as a yllow flickering color. The one objact he sighted had no discernible details, no tail or exhaust stream, and isaued no sound. Mrs advised that his attention was dir~cted to this obj9ct by its brilliant glov. He first observed it in a ~e~t by northwe~t direction at an angls of approximately 90 de~ee~ above the horizon. The object made very little mov~ment and .1.-1hat oovemant was made was towards the observer. The entire phenomena disappeared like Set 1/l, Card 2/2 Unknown, Seen Over USA MC #! 18858-B o t hs turning off of an elactric light, in that there was an immediate blackout and no gradual a _g of th ~t. He estima~ed .that ha observed this object for approx- imat_,-ly hr to f ve miD s. ~ )t:..:r.~-! This observation was mada on the ground without tha aid of Mj ti'Je~h~nical equipment. ...... icated that insofar as he lmew ha \.J3.S the only ona to ob;;p~rvt~t this incident and at tha time of his obs ervation b:l t-ras standing in front of his home ~1ch faces in a southerly diraotion Extract of a 4 page document / ).".> rucdrt-L.