PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATITIMI GROU~ 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a Wos lolloon a Proltoltly Balloon D PossiWy Balloon D Wos Aircraft DGrounti-Ytauel D OroumiRoclot a Proltoltly Aircraft PosaiWy Aircraft 7. LENGTH Oil .OIIIRYATION L NUMIIR 011 OIJICTS 2C mins ty,o IIIIIP Ofl liGHTING A strong glow in directon of the C!ip~er mountains NW of observers. OLjs approx 15' long & 5' hiuh at a istAnce of approx ~ miles. Wlten sun lowered in sky, objs disa}.J!)eared. AftC PO ... Szt (II&Y 21 8KP 12) st3 t.iol':ary I 1. COMMINTI a Was Astronomi col D ProltoWy Aatronomicol D Possibly Astronomical 'Cf lnaufffcient Dota for EYaluotlon Two of the ~ourc~s invt:::->t.:~.::;ated further & dGteruir;.e<.J t~14l l what they saw was the suu r<.:f lccting off two radio an tennat~s 1..ha t wer in line with the ref lue L lo;. In- vestigation iJ~ 1COGth A..t..S~ was made & it. wns concluded tllnt sources (! X p .~ '~ 11 u t ion wn.s r: orre c t. INTELLIGENCE INFORMA nON REPORT M,.,. llltJn J&r ..... L UllIn till-II Pu lfL ........ ti(,.,U Ar IW 111-Pwrt II.) Pldfl c.Je iOD ot eiptinc , Calltomia a Description ot aightiq Caia Springe, California ~ !'honea lone PARt POUlt Supplement~ Investi~tive ltforte PAl'!' PIYII ot Prepartac Otfioer California II. SUIOWIYa UD14en.t1tie4 tlTiag ob~tot wae observed vieually in the Yioillit7 ot railro t4 Danb7, California (EJEI 345385) at 1600 hour. Paoitio St ::ndar4 TiM duriq the latter part ot September or the tlret part ot October 1958 Tbe information oonta1ned in this report -obtained frOID the peraou obeerving the object and from 1aYeet1,at10D ooaduote4 to deter.dne the poaeible oauee ot the III. DVES'l'IGA'l'OIIt 'l'SGf CLAIB A BLAIR AP15320739 VICTOR G SOIOLOFP AP19433929 4 ( s.. In41 vidual Parte) Comdr ATIC ( 1 07) D/I 21th tr D1v11cm(Det) (1 q) Major, usa .. 11111 ~ CCJNTAINIIPIIFOIIIIATION A&: I lNG THE NATIONAL WhiCZ OF 1111 UNI I ED STATI'S WITHIN THE -.yiNG OF' THE ESPIONAGE N:f. II U. 5 . c.- .. Aim & AS MmtDID. ns Oil THI RIVD.ATION 01 nl CONTENTS IN ANY TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIIIT0 BY LAW. IT IIAY 1101'. Oil ,. Mill'. IY OTHIIt ntiM UII111D ITA1D Ala fOM:I AGUCID. IY flllWI'IIO" 01 THE DIRECTOR OF . 1-i iEt 'IGENCE --~---r ..aiiiMT._,fl.....:n. IIAJ.atW..D&.-01 UIIIIDIIJATDWilMIIIn OITHIDPIOtiAGEICT U.S.C.- -& ........_ 111 Oil IDIUTD 01 I1S QWIIUIIIII MY 10M UIUUIWtD ~-~)Hill fED IY LAW. II' MY 1D1'. ... .IIIGL& Ga Nlll'. ft 0'118 TIWIIIIIIID RATII Mil fQII:I 1Y ........ 01 THl DIRa:TOAlJ' II tLAIII,II, DON REPORT u. lnterY1ewa4, SOCJJM:I -1 oooperati" -1at....te4 1a ot the aiptU. SOUilCI reta1De4 d.et&t.la ot o'baerqtiOD te ti iatwval trc. aiptt.Dc to tiM ot intrnew. SOUiCB appeared. to baw kllowledp of desert areu and illuaiaaa preat therein. SOUICI apOke tleelJ and appeare4 to be ot a..rase intelligence. Iaformation p vea 'b7 SOUBCI la oODaiclerecl to be t&1rl7 reliable. III. sotJICI 8 ll&'CRIPl'lCil OP SIGH'l*IHO AND EVm'l'St 1. At approziatelJ 1600 bc-r Pft clnrinc the latter part ot Septber 1958, SOURCI waa nancliDC outcl.oon at licheleau' 11111 approximatel7 100 7uU fro. nilroa4 Dulb7, CalifOI'IIia (&TEl 345385) SOURCB atatecl he wu faci.Da aoz:,hweat n hia atteDtiaa -cliYetecl by two (2) bright object p trca the cl1reotioa ot the Cli Kountaina. SOURCI-fa1rl7 certain that the o'b~eota 1a n tor a~tel): ( 20) SOURCE atat .. tbat the ob~eot. wua lenl rl poilltecl approz1Mtel7 aorth and aouth. Ob~eota aliptlJ below the 2. Ob3eota wn a -.11 teleaoope. SOURCE nat .. the ob~eota oblaac abapecl like an aircraft tuelap. SOURCE the oolu u clow1q, bri.Pt al.UIIima. SOURCB atate4 the edgea ot the o'b3eot olearlJ CNtliaed u4 wve eq a1net7 (90) teet long ad t._t7 (20) teet 1D het.c't. SOU&:I eel the objeota to be approximatel7 t~ (4) ld.lea the obaerntion poi.Dt SOUBCI cleodbe4 the ... ther u clear, clr7, no rind eipt. (80) uaze 4 8CUBCI atat .. tbat he 414 no' believe 1D "t171Dg aaucera" u4 bellewad. the objeota to be a4YaDOecl t)pea ot at.rcratt. SOUBCI'S ~ Sketch TION REPORT J.ut fall the laat ot S.pt'ber th.JIH ot u nre etand.inc at the ldll at ftllroat DID'bT a at:ron 1 et lipt oCIIia1JIS trca the foothill ot the Clipper Inn We thn-apt tbi to 'be a bank ot ld.oa. Thi tat- 81 lute4 a'bcNt 20 ldt It wu talT 4 1111 from where wbat it ooul4 be lNt it ... no oa u4 it wu that tidat tbua. DwD clq 1 t la&ppeM ap1D at the - tt. lute4 abcNt 20 lllmat... Until tlae aowa4 u4 the slow .,.t t, ~ tb1 ti tbua :'1 Jut two Gt u ~VBlt' .. ntobe4 it tbrcMp a taleaoopa. UD4e1' the glue .,.. -FD and two ql:ladrloal 81aapat lowtac objeot ware parke4 in a larp deep pllq. fbq were 40 aput aittiae &PP1'0*'tel.7 north an4 o.ath. The, were botll u ...a keel 4 n OCN14 no ill' ot lite. 'l'hq Yar'T \rlpt dlVWI oolor lipt pant pa bottlaa. We tho'lpt at tint it was a orub. ... airliner. '!'he 1um' IIOl'DiDC n weat .ut end aarcbed the area, and teun4 aotbtq. At 4 s-n ap.in waited: at II DulbT to the cl01r 'but 1 t cUd aot. ooov aplll. 'l'bq lett 4ur1q the Dipt. I .. qui ta aura I can almot pinpoint tba place it I rat~ to the area. , Califorrd.a .. MTIOUL ,. UNIIIDI1'ATDWITHIMTHI ,.THE ACT,IOU. S.C.- ...... M ITS 011 n IIIVII.ATIOM 01 I1S c:anDTI Ill MY 10 M UIWIIIIOIIIZID PUSCM IS PROIIITED 8Y LAW. 1r IIAY 11W .......aD. lla.l Ga .II:JYII'. R 011t1111WM .....-.DI1'A111 Ala 10.:& DUPI IY ......all 01 TNI DUIICTOR 01 DON REPORT .. -.-r IMTIOUL..,._tJ/1 UIIITIDifATISWITMINTHEIIUMINIOITHE M:r U.S.C.- - M ......._ 111 Gil MVII.AIIiLM 01 I1S c::ad'IIITIIN MY 10 M UIWIIIIWHIIZID IS PROHIII liD IY LAW. lfMY_.. . ....... NIII'.ftOIID ...... ATDAUIIOIIZ D>Fi ft,..._OITNI : 01 UNCI.AS$1,.11~ TION REPORT --N-UIOI-t-59 Calltenaia t1 ~ tl .. proapeotor u. SOUICI-W'I oooparatlft u4 8bowa4 an 1a .. tara1Jl1Dc ot 1pt1Dc te tba ..-of SOURCB, he waa .,_, aotift alert. SOUICI' utiMte til 41atuoe ucl tiM were accurate. Iat-.tl p.--1 to 1e fai.rq aoouate. . 1. At 1400 houw Paoifto ltudAN ftM duziD the laat two .... ot leptbar or tint two ot Ootobe 1958, SOUICB ... ataading at liobeleau 11111 approz:tatel7 100 7ard.a railroad DsnbT, CalitorDia (EJEE 345385) SOURCI tate4 a flab of ligbt fro. a nortb .. at direotiOD attracted hi atteDtlon. SOURC tatecl that the object ... atation&r,r and appeared to be at the ame elevation .. SOURCB. SOURCB ... fairly certain the object ... Yiaible for approntel7 two houra ancl th1rt7 llinutea (2t hou.n} and th.n diaappearecl. SOUBCI tated object apperacl at 270 clegreea 60 ten bel the bon Ob~ect r.aaiaecl tatiaaary at all tt.... . 2. .tate4 ob~eot -obaer4 duri.DC dqlipt houra to be the oelor ot al-a.-. Objeot no am4. Object vi .. ed a .all teleoope. Object 17 oatl1ae4 &Del appeee4 to be l7 tin .. fHt (15) lon. an4 tift fHt (5 hip an4 eolicl in oaaatNotlca. SOURCI eatiate4 dituoe to object to H fpar 1111 (4) SOOilCB tatecl that the SUD ... oa hi l.tt ucl .._ t.be ill the 8Q the ob~eot diaappeared. bel the weather u cb7t hot, clear akT 4 I tate4 tbat be beli"e4 the object to be an optical 1llu1cm ot a n41o ut INifiiiGENCE nON REPORT 1006\h AISS lrouncl the end ot Septber two other men and I were etandin~ at a Mill talkin about prospecting When we noticed a glow in the direction ot Clipper J.:tna. We watched the glow tor ~ while and ttten it disappeared Later \hat Disht we talked about it and decided to watched tor it the next day. The next day it a again at "he same time. We knew there was not~in~ aetallio in that area thought it might be an airplane bec~uae ot it! aetallio Rlow. hie telescope and looked at it and spotted it on the h1lla1de. as tar as possible and walked tor three or four hours 1n the seeral area. The exact apot was on a line from RR Denby northwest oter Route 66 We aligned ourselYes with the two places and se"'lrc~ed the bat oould not find e.idence or the objects. I remembered a tew days that the objects were Yisible almost ne17 day in the same area so 1-:r and I illnstiptecl further. We used a powerful pair of binoculArs an-1 the glow. We noticed geq wires coming from it and looked closer and saw rod~ . rad.iatins the !UJ' wires. ~le rembered that two tall radio antennaes used ~ the Calltomia Highway Patrolwere at Route 66 Dlnby an1 detennined t~1t the sun cast a reflection on the antennaea and that that was what we were looidnr~ at all the tiae and that was whT we could find no evidence in the toothill3. We did not report this information and thought the whole thin~ h~d been solv~d !I!III!~Il A Cml'IFIID TRUI COP!' .. ,_ ..,_.fCOIITAI .. IJW?C.IIATIIOM ~ THIIIAJIOUL c&.-01 UNI liD JrATD WITHIN 1ltl MUMIIIG 01 THE ESPIONAGE M:r,ID U. S. C.- -&AI~ 11'1 Oil IIVII.ATIIOM 0111'1 OMIIA111N MY II'MNIII TO AN Ull:\UihOAIZED PEitSOM IS PltOIIIwr0 IY LAW. II' IIAY 1DT IIIOI.IGa aY GlltllltltiW ...-riD II'ATD Ala POII:I marl aY IDII .. IOit OF THI DIUCTOR OF nON REPORT lpdlap, CallfOftd.a letlz:a4J Part t1 u. be ta1rl7 nlia'bla altla_,. be to ..a a nat-t er Af'IC tana. SOOICB ot tlaa 1P'11W -_. DOCUimlfCDIII'AI. AIFLI-THI NATIOML .or THI UtU I m STATD WITHIN THI MlfJI-or THII!PION.ft8E N:f,ID U. S. C.- OR MVII.ATIGII or 111 CCICIINIIIN MY 10M Ull\UIHOaiJID IS PROHIIIJED IY LAW. If IIAY IGf. ... Ga .. Nllr. 8Y 0118 UIII1ID II'A111 Ala R*Z ft flllll.-oll Of THE DIIW:TOR OF 111 PAIT I INWtifiiiGENCE nON REPORT DVISTICA!IYI la a naalt of - Callto:tllla on 11 uoh 1959 ..... CalitOI'"J& -12 llanll ,,,,. Loa Anplea, were i.Dtezs+iewecl in . ). ..a. a aeuola of tbe area pointed CNt by SOORC. M the apot where ob.1eota - (leter to Iaol 1, PA&'l' I'OUR, ~erlq ot uea) B enclaoe o.W.4 be toa4 that rezble4 the cleacription .r the "I' f0%elp o\.1eota ooW.4 baft be ill the area. wt to ea a Kill o\aerte4 the area tbronp 7~ binCNNl.an. SOOBCD atate4 the ob~eot aboal4 appeaza at appz-oz1Mtel7 1600 WMther oaa41 tiaaa it.tioal to tbat ot the oripnal eightiq .._ aa 4 aatU 1700 PftJ ao olt~eota appeare4. SOUBCBS natecl tlaat the 11q laaft be ill a 41tterent elet"at1GD at the tiM of the elpaal iPtU. S<XJICBB &lao atatecl that the objeota ha4 not bee aeen tor ~te aa.e time. A oloae atu~ ot the ailht liDe reYeale4 the outline ot ea4 CUT wine uaoribe4 in SOUJlCES atatent in PAB'l' TWO. (Refer to Iaol 2, PAR! JOUI, Croa aeotiOD ot aipt line). Antennae protruded over tree tope at route 66 Dlmb7 twmt7 (20) teet. Antennae pporie4 b7 -t approxltel7 one and ODe halt inchea ( 11-in.) in cliemeter. ataoke4 Antennae wu parallel to Route 66 or 045 !Ida wo"'14 approxlate tbe 41reotion to leecUea, Cuitornia (lin 2450) !wo (2) aDt Yiaible tnat7 (20) teet apart were 1tt.lt1oal. fotal hei,tb ot approziR&tel7 fori7 ( 40) teet. at-approziMteq tau (4) fHt aquare 1. a. ovulq .. DDCUIEifCDIITAI. JMT""IIATIQit ~ TM UldML ....-or TMI UNIIBI SfATES WfTHIII TM: MEANING Of TN ESPIONAGE N:r U. S. C.- ld 111 G.a IIVIUTION or I1S CDBIIII'IIN MY TO AN UfWITHORIZED PU50N IS PROHIBITED l'f LAW. lr IIAY Mn'. .. IIICI..I 011 .. Mill'. rt ~ 1ltUI WIIIIDII'ATIIAUI 11011:1 AGDC'U, Dl:>''f rt .......... 01 THE Df'a:TOROF car. '''CIUllA Oil 6 lllrch 1959, th1a Cellter recet a letter a resident ot Los Allplea, 1118 tbe a 1DI ot &D obJect. Tbe limited 1P'onat10D ill tbe letter insutticiellt to is. A requeat tar 1Dftat1pt10D ..S. to a unit directly associated with the Gr.-ai&at:lOD which falls under tbe Jurisdiction ot the Assis Chief ot tar IDtellipDCe. Tbe tollovias 1a a au.ar)' ot the infor-.tion de- r:lft4, the tiDal ccnclualou reached coneerDiDI this incident. Oil 2 October 1958 three n were at Richeleau' a Turassten Mill at Dulb)' 4iacuaa1DC proapectilll. The time vas approxiately 16oo wbell vbat appeared to be a br:llht sJ.ov ar ot lisht, in the attracted their attelltiOD. ODe an said it mat be the ann re- flectiq ott a ot lld.ca. 'l!be two dic!D't th1Dk there vas tbat much ll:lca 1ll tbat area because tbey prospected the area in the t. The 8].ov vu ill tar approldatel.7 two hours am then disappeared wileD tbe 81ID ill the alq 'rhe aext day at the same tiM the sJ.ov of 11sbt reappeared in the location. TWo ot the observers looked at it with a small telescope and the S].ov to be obloDS as is an aircraft tuselase, and the color of The size at the obJect appeared to be approximately 15 teet long, 5 teet hlp, am solid. The distance to the obJect vas est ed to be about toar 111lea. fhe three men t~n drove as tar as they could toward the obJect wJ.ke4 arOUDd the area tor three or tour hours, but could tiDd no evidence ot aucb obJect. A tfltl days later oDe I8D r.-.bered tbat the obJect, or S].ov, was visi- ble f!Yery day 1D tbe same area. Two ot the men decided to investipte turtber. 'D .. y took a pair ot powertul b1mcnJara, studied the obJect, and noticed P7 vires trca it. Upon look1111 closer, rods were seen t~ the fP7 vires. lbe7 then that two tall used b7 the Patrol vere located at Hishway 66, Railroad Danb7 decided the ann was retlectiDS ott these ennaes. A:lr Porce illvestiption confirmed the views ot the vit esses. The to protrude above the tree tops tely 20 feet, were spaced "' 20 teet. It was that the reflect ion these anteDes could be seen Railroad DaDby only duriDg a rela- tively short period of the year for the hour of this report. This explains why tbe sishtins appeared unusual to the witnesses who are residents of the It is concluded tbat the cause ot this sishtiDs vas the ann reflecting Ill-fliT I NCI.AIIIPIU INIE''IGENCE CLIPP!R MlS