PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 10 December 19S7 E of i ornia 3. DAT!TIMI GROUP 4-TYPE Ofl OISI!RVATION XIII c ......... VI IUOI D GroundRador 0 Alrln Radar CONCLUSIONS Waa Balloon Probably Bolloon Poul bly Balloon Woa Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po ul bl y AIrcraft o Wu Atronomlcol Meteor 0 Yea lXlX Probably Aatronomlcol xatNe ivilian D Paulbly Atronomlcal 7. LINOTH OP OIII"VATIOM I. NUMII" Ofl OIJICTI 9. COUASI D Othor':::---~-~,_..-- 0 lnauffl clont Dote for Evoh.:atlon 10. IRIIP IUMMARV OP liGHTING RouDd object, approx 5 inches in dia- meter. Bright blue light. Object appeared to be dropping at an angle froa south to north and disappeared behind mountains. , ATIC JPOJUI 329 (a&V 2t I& 12) 11. COMMINTS t~jDb~ r(J SQG057 YDB0'0 XYA064/fl! .Xf84jEWD B108,MBWDK0H PP RJ~IPJB RJWPSB RJEPHQ R.JEDEN RJ'Ebs l DE RBWDl<W~- FM C0t-1A RFC \JERUTH TO RJEDEN/C0l1 AIR DEf C0t1T':AND RJlJlPJB/COt~ 27 AIR DIVISION DEF RJEDSQ/COM A I R TECH ! NTF.L CEN INFO RJEPHQ/DIR or INTEL HQ USAF RJWPSB/CON 4AF u_N_c:_As _F-ROM .. ~O~L 01185 _IIAF FOR INTELLIGENCE OFFI_CI_:R UF0 9 , _ -- --~---_ ~ THE' FOLt:O~TIN G REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE ~11TH PARA 7D AF REG (8) PPROXIr.ATELY 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER BRIGHT BLUE LIGHT CF )/ NONE o;T:IHE TOP OF HI-~-~I~DSHIEt0:') WIJtc,l!. Wl1y jt/A- (B)/ OBJECT APPEARED TO BE DROPPING AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT ([~ _pEGREES) FROM (_SOUTH TO NORTH~ CC>I OBJECT 'fELL IN THE 6~ DEGREE ANGLE THEN BROKE STRAIGHT 1)_0~1!'! AND D_ISAPPEARED BEHIND THE MOUNTAINS. _ CD> STRAIGHT LINE OF FLIGHT EXCEPT WHEN IT BROKE I N THE DOvJNlvARD PATH. CE> DISAHPEARED BELOH THE t10UNTA1~:s TO THE NORTH OF THE e F) A PPROXII~ATEL Y CCNE OR Tt~O SECONDS .) (3) KA> GROUND VISUAL. C B> NONE. C 4) .. t<A> APPROXIf1ATELY 0830Z, 1e DECEt-lBER 1957 CJ Y ;J ( B> NIGHT (5) THIRTY THREE DEGREES, 05 MINUTES ~TEST. PAGE THREE RBWDKW 5 FIFTY FOUR MI~UTES NORTH, 118 DEGREES ASST MANAGER (BUS I NESS> . (B)/ SURFA(gE 020/09J YN CC> _CEILINO UNLIMITED CD) cr~TELVE MILES HAZE AND CE> TWO TENTHS THIN SCATTERED AT THIRTY THOUSAND FEET .Cll> REPORT RECEIVED BY OFFICER OF THE DAY, LONG BEACH AIR FORCE BASE APPROXI~ATELY 13~0 HOURS, 12 DECEM9ER 1957. OBSERVER STATED HE tTAS NOT AT A iELEPHONE AT Tlt-'E OF SIGHT!t-~G AND DELAYED t'1AKING THE REPORT UNTIL TODAY OBSERVE?. ALSO S7AT:SD HE .O.T YIRST THOUGHT THE OBJECT WAS A METEOR.