PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. DATE'TIM! CROUP ~ TYPE OF OiSERVATlOH 0 Gro1md VI sua I s. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 GrounciRodor 0 Alrln1rc~tpt Ro.ciar 7. LENGTH 0, OtUAVATIOH 8, NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS t. COURSE! 0 10. IRl!, SUMM4RY 0, SIOHTING 1 1. COMMENTS CONCLUSIONS Wo, Balloon Probably 8 olt oon Pouibly Balloon Was Alreroft Probably Aircraft Po ul bl y AI reroft .Was Astronoml col Probo~y A:~tronomlcal Posalbly Astronomical ln suffl cl ~nt Dot a for Evolvotia" soun d . 1::c1g ;-s of o lJj ~(I: s~1ac:;_.ly o .~t- ATIC I'ORM 329 (REV 2& IUtP 52) Ril">ttr M) Dcoscri otlon of PAH'.i' 'Y:!R'GE: fufYpl ::J:r:ontar y Invest ig:.\tivo EfforG~ oi' Ca t t ad:--..1 City, C:.l.iforn1a 'l. t lf lJ :tour 3 i rr L:1i.J .::s~':';rt H'l..s ol. t:.:Lnt~:l from th,.... pOr$on 1 .l'rc~::. '!:1 Lrcieltir.ilti.:Jt! con iacte;d tc Jat;)r.~une ~;b:Jerving the vLj Jl.!t r! .. l e pos3~bl~ cnu.1a or : ::VESTICA 'i'ORS : :ti CHJ.t.?..D A H OL!~ c~ io.~t;l' AF FORM 112 PART II ~PPROVEOIJUNEI~ A1R INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REfO' t f r+O. 04-UFOE-5-57 'AttT Ol!E Dat 1,, 1006th AI SS I. SOURCE: thedrnl City, Ctl il'orui.:J.. Occupu tion: HuusO\.Jife and co-mmer cf' An thO!\.Y' s He - fr lgt!rLl tic n Company Educo.tlon: Hit;h School II. itELL\BILITY: V.Jhe:-1 intnrvie'.teu SOURCE w.:ls very coopernti v e '\. ml nhrr ... od an interest in determini n g the caus e of t~10 si~htlng. S";URCE H.J.S o'tJ~:e-.:'V J n t ,' spo!ce freely and ap! enred to be of t:~.vernee intelligence. The .:.r..foli.lllti.Jn gi vcn by SC.URCE id c onsidered t o be fairly rolincle. III S OURCE'S DESC RIPrriON OF SIGHTIHG tJ.l) EVE.Wi'S: 1. At 1610 hcur3 PST 30 Novel':1ber 1957, SOTJRCE vu.s :1 tr.tnd.ing on th~ san deck of' un apartr..ent in C:J.thedro.l City , c~.lifornin when un o1j net ap p~ared fro~ the south ~1d tra v elled in a northerly direction w~ere it di~appaared into a I!loun~-9 ro.nc;o. SOUHCE st~'l. ted o'cjcct first oppc;:.1red lt'J degrees f rom tr'l;le north~>-'9P 7u der,rees from the horizon r..nd dlG P. eared 45 det;rees fro:n true north''~ 0 degrees fror:1 the horizon. SOURCE .was .fairly c~rtnin t.he ob j ect W:ls in view for approximately four (L~) seconds .. 2 . SOURCE. stated t he object \.fUS black in color, r ocknt s~aped sirrilar to the fu"3el:lge of a. lieht air p lane. Object a ?. et.~.rcd t o be uot'olinr or r evolving as it uas falling. SOURCE could hot cstL"l!!t e t i:e sr?e d o f t:j e object rut stated that it W3S falling at a ~rent zpeed. Object made no noi::>a, did not pass b ehir4 anything lolhile it wo.s under obuervation. Edges of the object \o~erc sharply outlined and nppeo.red to be ap--roxih1~tely 1 5- 18 feet long. S0U1lCE eat't!aated that she Wn3 approximately 12 mileG frorn t h e object. ~)CitJ!tCE atated t hn t if a nicltel '"are held at a rm9 length, both ends of the o bj cct would protrude. t emperatura Weather vas de3cribed n s dry, scatter ed clouJs, of 65 der.rees. sli~ht breeze L.,.. SOURCE stated t hat she bellevecl t h.:tt the object -was Sputnik' s MiH.1111'3 DVCU'-IEI'H CONTAINS IMf'ORMATIOI'tAFFEC.IIN~lHE NATIO~Ii\L ll(J.'E EOFTttEIJNITE:OSl'ATESWITIH:~ THE ;,IEA:I:',C C ' -1 I l',f'Jro:Acb ;., r, 'l l! 'i C - -lit C1. ll P ( Lt~W. IT : \ ,\Y NOT DE P.eP~OOUCEO I~ WHOU:: OR I N PART, 8 '{ OTm:n TltAti UNHC:U ~rATLS AIR fOi:Cl AG!::.: tt. LS. L';t...:.f-1 d f I'U '' .u Of I t -(Jiilc)~fO'I c.,~ l'iTtLLK : .CE. U.i.AF. AF FORM 112-PART II loPPROVED I JUN:: I!> A1R INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FRv\4 (.l;ttt.:J ) m.I'ORT ~.?. D4.,.UFOB-5-57 ~ fi'l' ONE 1J06TH AISS S T A T E ~-: E N T A3 \.;e -were 1:10unting Lhe stuirs we s i t;htcd thi::l from :::;:;~u th t o north. The ob ject ..tas bl~ck, n oisles s t nd It '..J~ .. n revolving n s l.t fell. It .neso:ned to fall ncar t::e The r e Here lour of u s o u t!-:e r oof-top. !'..r hlacl~ object l.l'nvallng falli ng at a cren. t speed. t o o f I.JI o mour.~'lin. und (chilJ). 'We nll s!l.,., th13 s l\ma thing nnd all ag..:-aed it '-1'';, not o. b a PUi.!l e Tr:a ne:A.-t morning He tried to find the ouj ect by looking through n r;urv~yors instrtun~nt, but :;ere unable to loc:\ta it. ~/e c.l 5o rode up to the mountains S1.:...1duy a fternoo n ~:ith c.he nuv-eyors i nntru..'nr-.n.t, tr-ying to 1-Jlnpoint t he ex.o.ct loc1 tion. He vcre unable t o loco. te it. Since the mOU11tAinn tJ.r e so '.,.;.1:1t , it aae'~:J a. pl~Hle \../ould te a better i"leaas of trying to find it. Cr.thedral City C~Llifo.cnia A C!<:RTI F:ED TRUE COFi RICHARD A HOU1 WO, \1-l, USAF 140TE TH 1$ :XX:U Yi::: r CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECT! tiC fHi:. N.\ T IOI'Ht. r.<:-1 u: .. t: OF THE: U!'-41 n.:o ~I .tTE.S \'hT 111:1 I'd= "H A n:;c, I')-I liE r C)r>lv ., ,c;:_ ,. I. ' IJ ~ (. 31 ,\NO 3Z. fo::.. M-1~-WED ITS TRAI't~"'~S510N O!l THE Ht:VELATION OF 11~ \.unt:;;r::; IN ,\.IY t.IMI~EH 10 Ml Itt TELU vt:.1ol..1:. u:;.v- #.F FORM 112-PART II APPROVED I JUNE I~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT nt.~nr NO.D4-UFOB-5- 57 Det 1~, l006th AISS thedral Ci t:r, Coli for ni a Occupation: !io.1se\.riff'l Eluca tion: Hig h School II. RELIA~)ILITY! SCiJRCE was Vdry cooperat:L V G and indica ted u n i 11t cre:: t in the cause of the sighting . SOUHCE was observant unJ api eared to be of average intelligence. Infor!!'.a tion can be considered fa.lrly relialle . IIIo SOURCE DESCRIPTION OF 3IGi\'riilG 1\ND EVEllT3: 1 . At aporoxim..'1tuly 410 p1n P.3T 3 0 tlover.:ter 1957 , SC !JRCE obmrrveJ an object that uppenred from the east c!ld disappeared in a northeant direction~; SOUH.CF; stated th:\t object flrst a p pen..ced J5-40 degrees from tl.e horizon and di~appa:J.red at 15 -iegrees from the horizon into a ra.nge of r:1ountuin:J. SOUhGE wa3 fairly certc.in the object \.11;13 in vie w for a.pproxi:r.utely 3-L~ minutes. Cbject did not move bebi.nd anything ,,,.rhilo i n view of SGURCE. 2 . SOURGEstatcd that o:..jcct -wus bh. c k in color, nppenrcd solid and siwilar in size or a. little largvr than n four (LJ engine liner~ SCURCE could r.ot estii!'l.:l.te speed of or di~ta::ce t o object, Object made no noise. E:lges o f otj cct \lore f airly clear in outline . .10UH.CE stated that object w:~ n o.p~roxi1natoly twenty five (25) feet long nud fifteen (1)) feet wide and almo;:td shapej. 3"'!;lCE stated object v a s l a r g e as a d.Lrr.e held a t ar:ns l e ngth and looked like charred steel. 3 . Weather was ~.1escribect. as dry, scattered clouds, no wind, teopera ture approx:Unu tely 60 deg;:,ce s . and believed she had ne from Sputnik. seen an objoct c~ch as this :t~'C::Tiih :VCUH FNfCONTAIN<; l'lrOtlM.\TIOll AFFfL"T!NG IHC: NAriON.\L DEf'EN'iOFTIIE UNITEO!'iTi\-r!..S t'.III!IN fHE '.\E.\'II~h.iOF 1 tr t:!~'IO' IAv" ,KT, VI I S C - :11 ''m JZ. A'3 ,\MLNDED 1TS TRA'I ... MI :;jiOS oP. THE REVELJ\ noN tJF 11 ::i rouruns IN At4 y ~.wa."?. 1 o -' :1 UN 1\U rH. ~<t1.) 1 ~ r ' I 1:; P 0 H Jt n-o ll'f u~ ,.,. IT MAY 1\0 r s;: Rt:PROOUCEO Ill WHOL OH 1 rArH. BY 0 fHt:.!t Tlfl\t; UW ff.U ST A l ( $ AIR fORCf. AI...E~.CIE:i, EXl.l' : dY Pf.il~II~::>:O!'I OF T, .f. DIR-:TOI< OF 11'1 TE.t.LIG~:ICE. USAf. AF FORM 112-PART II (CLASSIFICAT!OII) API'ROVEO I J UNE 19-W A1R INTELllGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Det 4, 10C6th AISS .cox lr::n t aly nt 4:00 prn, i : c ~Llt.!/ '\ child) Hera 5ca .. niug the skies bec!lus e of rc~dio r.-Jpor t.s on 'tJhc r oJio cm:cerninc3 t h e rocl~e t fullln~ f ro~n t~1e ) pu t n i :..~. ..:\p rox.i. Lu l y u t 4 :10 ?!n, .re su.',.; nn alnond sh~lp~3 article i n t!1e :Jk y . '.Ie '-lore utan.UGc:-fit a up flt :li.ra ~U:l d e C!{ a nd WGI'e look ing tt.lr.\OSt dlt8 Cll:Jt in Jil'CC t~on. '1'l 0 a.rticle \..ra s ~-lu.ck i r: colo1' ~tnd \Jas slmll.y fu.llint; .from t~lt") ':)3~t tml.J.rds no:-th c n s t u c.t.il 5p8ad U!1til i t fell in tha wO'..lntnJHl"ln~e lut ::>cemcl toLe slo,,:. ne:; . .'c.llirl6 i n dc:;c~nt Cu.theJ1._d City, G~tli.f'orni.J. A CERTIFISD TRUE COPY RICHAHD A HOLli !I 1-' . 1 : ~ , , ,.:)' U:IJ Iii WHOLE OR It~ PART , UY OfiiER TIIAN UNITED :..ri\Tf..:i Alrt FOill.L AC.!ICI! 5. l'>.~.:tr B'f ,u:.ll.SI O'l C r Jr l,. l>ti~!.CH'f! .J r AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVE:> 1 JUNE 1!).!8 (CI.A S$1FICAiiON) A1R INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT R(f\)RI roo. 04-U'f'OB- 5-57 r,...,ART THHEE De t J~ , 1006TH AISS 1 PAGE b II!. SUPPLr::i:r:IiTAHY Ii:Vf.STIG,~TIV~; C:FFOHTS: l o Rer.ort orie;ir t ed thr ou J h SbAYJ\ Co ..::tPrd Post, 1~or tcr:. AFI:i, C..1ltfor ni..l. Co:-.m.:1nd .101t r ceivrJd u t~lr.':llwno c:tll f!~u:, r;;m l'crrv.n:lino SL.::rLff of~'ico :lt 11 .. )'7 hour s 2 Dcc ;lbt::r 19)7. c,.lll ..;:.s in rc:fc rc: .. ce to .:t:~oti".e::::-C.!'ll fro.~ hannir' ~ Cn llfornia t.._}tr<.\Ut_:h rli var~r\.~e Cou:1 t y s; erf o oft'ic-3 t h.l t nn ot' J oct re ::-.c line u roc~<ot h.:d teen ~iE;h t.pd ty nd oth(!!'3 ol' Cdlto-;-.:: l City Califc.,rt!i 11. 57 \..'it.h ncglti'lt: r.asults.. No ll..lJitionill r.ports hRl b<. n r~ct.:>i,red JE>tt.J.Cl"L1:f:nt of the effie c in r~ f~r~!1Ce to t : .e ::.Jic...h tin;..;.o rc?orts rec~ived through /..7 t L Air u:.vlsion (Oaf) Dirf!Ctor of 3 No r:1dtu~ Int.alligenca. lu Mnrch AFB reported no :..1 ircr:,ft in vicir.i ty of ;;i[;hting ~ t sp~ c ~ f lcJ ti .:-.o o ~. Ai r Tr[;..i'l'ic t':)ntrol r.t. t rny the C<lll fornin ropart~j :!.n Air Fore!! jot olfer iHythe r . t 1;,~9 a t 2)0CYJ ft e3t l.r:.u t i. lt f ; :~l rch A Fe n t 1610 hour s flyin~ on VLctor 16. No ..;~a t'b or Aic:1ort hrtd no Ill, r.t r.~l~1:1s for u..:.:-o rela: :Jed ~ t this ~!irport. co~ ti tiotts :'! t C:1 tltodru1 City Cn.l i.:'ornia a r e fl3 follm .. ;g for 6uOJ/vrtl/15 'lisltllit r : If \lAf t;rfr et:: Ri::PP.OOUCED IN WHOL.i: 0~ IN ?AHT. Df OT:tt:lt lltA:I UNifEO $1Aiw A.~' I OHCL ALiE.I.~t::S. C<CLPI r . . Pr {'.!UiiO'lOf fl:_ l'i.t.CTvi:Or 1:1 rill , U~CE. U .iAF AF FORM 112-PART II ArPRO\IED I JUNE 1941 AlR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Rlt'ORT r.o. D TJ'-,,., H\ itT FOt~R 1006th AI.SS PJ\RT FCUR: co:~xs TS OP' PR.EP:liUiiG Orli'ICF.fl: 1~ Th~J p.r-:1p~ring aft'i~er 'v!u\; u 'tble t o arriv8 ct~ ... \ utJfinlte co:nclusion As t o t h e c~tu ~e of: t e 'll~htinE; b cause ~iGhtint: cc, :l,l be co:1cl11dr:d only ono obscrv, ticn :1 s otj ect wn s ob!ls_rv~d f rom one F oi r:t a!1d :.J SC "HC~ h"H.i 'li ucu.J:: ed tne sighting in c :>nsider'l'tl e detail \./hi ch lo..te:ed th(l :eli:t.bili t c .f thoir i:l~!7idu!'~l st3.te:nent G. In SCUit.C:;- J !.>t.,to::ents, ti-:ey stateJ t.~1ey wer e lis t:.cnlnJ t.o a rt:'.dio broudc'ls t t!":tt t~13 roc~nt o f 'Jpatnik I hns to pass over at tL~.lt.. tii"'.e :;.n~ they L:1r:1edia t el:,r went outside t() s::}3 it. The!!ie cot~cl~l3iur.s ur~ oJ:fareu for consi 1era tion l~s pos~dble -.:...~.n~es of the ..:;ie;ht.inb: n . Other: A bi r J in the proper r'ligh t at t i t ur:.i(j in the irr~ddiate vic~.:.nity cou l d accoant for the sighti.ng . Note: S.ize anJ J i3tancc e:'3t.imste accuracy o f SCUH.CE' 3 \.Jere only f:.\ir o b . Aircraft: 'rhe .Pnlm Spr ln[.s ..... ~. r port '..trt CJ in the ncH.r vlcinity of the sighting .. Aircraft in u stl'fmcc atc.itudo to obscrv er n could have cuu ed the sightin&;. Although the nlrpor