Fresno Californai — August 1957

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD lJ August 1957 14/0~.Z Fresno, Califom;~i ~ ' t . NliMSfR OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OISfRVATJON 8 Secorrls t.. l'I'PE OF OBSERVATIOH -ro,..u:rl-V:i.sua l (BX} 7 . COURSE lo. PrtOTOS 9. P~YSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Other: (HALLUCI~JATI0!!) 11. IRIEF SUWtAAY AND ANALYSIS Round object \iith J/ 4 dome, arout the size of dull al~i.num in calor, no li!}'lt s , :10 '1oise. a large ca."ltaJ ~ 1 erJ ~rnooth in UFOB Report Corr.mander u <te~\ED AIR DEFENSE COMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ENT AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO .Air Technical Intel 11 gence Center ATTN: AFOIN 4E4 V:x~ght-Patterson Air Force Base 1. Attached i.s a ~etter .p..,.,..., Flesno, California. !'OR THS 001-lWIDER: Lt Colonel, USAF Acting Director of lntelliqencii ~. LASC'J Fl CQ Page. _ / of I Cha~le3 W. Gods ey ( o~ Successor) Captain, USiF Aaais t Adjutant Fresno, Ca-if. 4602d 11r Intelligence Serrlce Squadron ( 1 DC) llf !1r Force Baae Color~do Springs, Colorado 1: Enclosed 1a material coTering a obserTation which I hope maybe of some worth to you 2t I was in contact with you in September, 1956. it that time filled out and rol'warded to you forme pertaining to a aighting tben -plua two other sketches and information on separate sigbtings. ) : I am happy to be or any assistance I can, and would t ll.J you to an~er this que st1on, i.f poaai?l~!vf ~ ..,._, Do you haye any one located hare in Fresno, Call.fornia 1fbo I might contact for s peedy r eporting 'I lll ury efforts of t ~. past year to locate some one in authority, pertaining to sightinga I ~1 be gl~d to forward any material direct to your head quarters -bu~ what if something is important enough t o report t.madiately -who -even the new~per doeen't know -the operations at tbe air field doesn't know - -can't locate any one any where wbo doea know. So y ou eee, Sir, my request is rather important, where, . J ome how, we here have goofed. So, JOlxr answer ia re queeted. . Xeantime, it might be in order to sention, a nucber o f good ai&btinge haTe been buried in my U 1 0 rapers , a s tOO late for yal bat not because or lack o! effort to of er them~en ripe; Thanks for listening Sine erely Objec~ ~ir~t s ted coQi~ out of 30utb-west, abouc 1 / 6 from horizon t o overhead, at 1 :46 PM local ti~e~ Ita s hape wa~ clear -round .dth 3/4 dome, aod vas about the aize ot a large cantaloupe,to the naked eye, a s i~ passed close to overhead. It was of a dull aluminum in colour, no light~ -no noise. Very ~mooth in flight. a1 sighting S { eight seconda), and obserTed in !~d glasses<l6x50~l -~ ( ree seconds ) . Held straight flig~path with very~l1 t upward ~hift aa it wa~ lo~t to sight b ehind trees -traveling south-east direction. Speed, _ I judge, about 150 mph. Hei~ht-abou~ 1200 feet.~ ~ L~ W1tness to sighting of address - I would swear,under oat~to above statement. U~'CL,\SS\ FlED Pt,C tlftf_TJ N RTrNC:HE_]). Ko(r/J !ll;f!WJNG-'' i-y,~ w l'ci!VT Slt71)1N(, f!tiC, J:!_ i-:ArH.LEIJ AS