P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. C ONCLUSIONS CJli!'ornJa 0 Probably Balloon ~ D.A.7!::TIAA! CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ponibly Balloon D lDn:~und-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft 0 P robobl y AI rcroft 0 AI.-Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft s. P"C"'OS Was Astronomi col Probably Astronomic-al 0 Poss1bly A$ln:lnomicol i. L!~CTH 01' 08SE~VATICH .. UMBER O F OBJECTS 0 In sufl1 cient Ooto for E toluol 0 u,lcno""'" a..-t!F SUtiiiA"l' 01' SIGHTING in.tor-nation re;1r a -s t ~ ... ':::) b""ll.? I l OOJ ec ,,3 ' (HJOI" t JoOJr l~tter ot 12 ..:ept..ub.r, oddrsaa4id to 'aa ...e ::1en: o f th ~-~ c o coernLOg a r~pozt or an u .ideatif su ~er1~l Jbjs~;, l.a& . .l:.l r-=f~ITed 'to ~!le i..ir 7orc T .lr renew ~.:'lU :Cr:JOO'llt G~D rj~ -t a ~;acr 6 raL17 rerer~ed ~o ~s 'bolidea or fi.!-ebal..ia' 3;.UWeA t u w 9th dP.d l)th of .lU~8t ';oe eanh :~ _:c-t;.r: :: "t c:ri~ awaz c .. :.l . .A..J:i . J/1 retrseiJ.s. :o.J~ 3Xperience .!~n -ecri~ .s~ ot t.:aa uure 3;leJW that a larsr :1umher of :e~,>ri~s, eootll:c ~era, ami t'irebella are o\laerwa JuriAg our. a.e.aeri~iG~ r,)t tbe ob o-f t:l:i. 1 11 &l.'IC~ b7 a wll l"Nta ilr. crwn aairono..::/dl' thtit pes-t 1on 1" ........ majority ot people neftr see oc. in t heir l!te\ ime. f'1roballa dittar ~ ord1.MJ7 m.teora 1zl that they ep;ec&r like a aDeJM81 .. nuw nurtl!D thro~ tha lower atmoapaer.. :'hey .31"'8 predominantly gi Hnbb in colo r but on en h&~ blue, lrellow o r c-""lt; t:i.zrea ~J";el"llliDd. linlue oeteora which beco:o1e ?:\~ible 'lDd burn ... u'l a-t ll igD al'Uudes, tirebdla o :10 bUTD out ln .:.he dl.r buc goenct:-all7 ;erairi U!l:U the,. crash to earth , s...;!l'!eti:es ~a.'cin~ b-o e:rdlar section. ancl a D a 1ray ot a;.rka bef ore d0104 Jo ..... T~ repor'ins c t thia inaidn to the aut4oritiea c~d t~ 1:l r ut abowa iD tu matter ia a_,~oiated. F ILE CLASS: _ OFFICIAL FILE COPY _OFF I C E O f RECORD 'rs (U) Cop1oa to RepliN AF01t+-4X2C Seers tary of the Air Force F...eadquarlera, US.l'i' ~, !) ("l } .A'!TNa Major Tacker Y " WashinataD 2.5, D. C. J.~taa.hM are aopi of repl7 oorreapondanc. ~o subjec~ !'l~l1Tn-fG ANt> COO!tDrNAT101'1 SHE~T I NITI b.L I DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON Inclosed, pl~as.: ti.:.d l..!-ct~r froC'l ~lr. rega:::-d~ ur:.e:~lai.r:ed ~;?r!~l p!l.:.moc~"na i n t.!la ?b.i!.:td ,:!.phi'3., Pccn~yl~r.ania erea, on j an1 lJ Se? ber li~7- Also ir:cl::;sed i s a L::-c~r f r ee \lr. BsL f!eld, :alifarnia =epo~1ng a ~:ghtin; of an C~icec~ifi~d These let~ra are torvarded to your dP.e.dquarters i'or ;ossible i:lvestigation end/ or eva.luaticn. 2 Lo.cloau S~r.cerel.y. LA'IfRE.NCE J. ..,J,C~ ~kljor, USAF ~{ecuti~ Of~1~er ~ublic Info~t-~n Divisi~n Ca'Otain wa ~ "i ace \ol. Elwood, i.JSAJ' ~aia~t Ad~u~c-c Air Tecnnical Intelligence r.R.n~r Wr!G!lt- ?at.te=son Air Force Baee