PFWJcCT 10073 RECORD CA~W 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo-:. !Jolloon 0 P robubl y Solloon -----------10 Po::.si~ly Balloon 0 Wa:J Ai r c r oft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po::.>ibly Aircrnft 0 \/o:: A s t r onomi col 0 P rol::-ubl y A :;tronomi col 0 Pos:;ibly Ast:onomicol lnsofhci 1 n t Data fo r Evaluation Unlcno-..n H .Jadquo rt ::r<; LACKf....A~D MlLiTAl~Y TRAttiiNG CENTER (A l'C) . ..--( ./: SllB..CCT: Rep or c of UFO Co.rn .. -nander Air Tvchnicol Intellibence Center Hrie;ht- Patte:-son i\ir .Force Bn::;~, Ohio 1 . The folloH:i..ng inform1. tion Is submitted i n acco:rdance lr.i.th Pc1.:-av.c~ph L~, Air Forca Reeulstion 200- 2 . n . Description of Objec t : (1) Shape: !lect:mgul::tr, for-11"'\rd portion slirht.ly loneJ sl der tail on re8r. "t a :ii' s lcn~th. .Apy,>ro::;ti.na tely the of an o~an-~ held ( 5) F'or;;;ation: U/A. to that of bri,c.ht. y.:;lJ.oH flane. ( 6) Features or Dctailc: Obse.cvor stated o'-:lject in no ~r3y res~mbled t he configuration of :m oirGrof G. (7) Tail, Trail o-::-Exhaust: T.::n o-r mo~:e ti.a"3s t~e l ength of body, c olor slightly lizhtor. The tail T:'lt'.!i'l ti onerl in (1) abo~ffl r.~:r have been an exhaust o~ t rail. ( 8) Sou.'"!ci: !lone# (9) Ott;:-Pe:.tin~nt o~ tu"lu:iual :.i'catures : 'ro:!~ o . De~c~ip-t:..on of Course of Obj~cl:i: 'I:1e nother of obs<n:mr fi'!st called otbnr.ion (2) Object Hh<m .fir::; c obs~rvcd aopeqr~d to b~ in a ~lo':' t.h no:.:thtr9S t position a t an ole va 1jio~ of h5 dcr;rces f :ro 1 t:! d horizon ... due t:r:)S t. of obs-;::)rver. (4) Cmrrse of ObjE!c t rcpo.ct"'d ,'JS no1th:Jrly curvin2: dor,~H-ard, then changing to a cour~e directly do~i:'l~J.srd to:m d tha oa~1.;:~ :!nd eventually curvi.ne; and traveling ~lo.tly in r~ southet"rr di':"e~t'Lon. (.r)) Object r~ppeared to become fninter and d:l.s:~ppaar~d behind e.cove of tree s . ( 6) Object reported to bs vi~'Lble f or approd.m3tely ;-:LTIU ijCS. c. HarL'1'3r of Gbserv:~ tion: ( 2 ) Ootical aids non~. d . Time and Date of Siehtin5: (1) OlCO Zulu. (2) Lie~:.. condi tionz: e.. Loc<J tion o.f O':Jse r~,~.::-: (2) At app::-o:dr.1ately il H . H. Hhi te Road, San (1) Ci ~rilia:-t. (d) Hous etTif e ( 2 ) Civilian. .loJ.dy, vi~iolJ.; :~j Renc.:-t .fro:t /.i:-~ 'ea :.he~ 10 )OCQ feet, l8,oco feec, 220 de,-rces, 20 knot-3. f15 knots . Visibility 10 ~il . ( 6 ) To,.;::nnf. cu:nulus t o the sot:.th. Nu:'l~rous se3!'ch1iP.hts are used by co:-:1ercial .::.;t3b1ish- J,ntonio for th~ purposg oi ac:,~rti.;ir:'. T:1~r1~ is a thnt on<:! of the3e 1ir:}~s l'.;:.y acc.:>Ul''l~ fo d~:..; r(;""'f)r t . j . Thio are3 expe::-i.nr:c~?.J c,..,_,s~,_cc"t"a~ll: t.r.:~f.i.'ic) bo"'.h r."''1- ventional ond jo:Jt Dircraft,at all tin3:; o: +,h.;: cl1,y. C:1uta~n r.. H. r- a t aprrv i::tJI..3ly O~l:Jo CST, 20 ~'-:--:tl. l'h-e or) -:it!:!l rc:~lOIt :;.15 r0ce\.-ved by 7.!1.'3 Staff t~ty Officer, Friday c;renin?;, 17 f.p"t'il 195<). Th~ uJe of advertising searchlights and the he1~/ alrcraft tr1fflc in thi..; area lead the reportine officar to belie:e that the object obso:--~d was probably e ither a searchlir~ht pl~yin;.r on clouds or an ~1.i.:c:-a.:~ in the areC! a t th~ time. The probability of th~ obj:::cr. bei~g an aircraft is furthe r strcngthanad by the fact that many Air 'rra:i.ning Command aircraft 1oc:ltecl in the vi.r:inity ht:~ve brip-ht o~.;nr;3 fluorescent markings \~hich can be see n for {'rea t distanc~s. FOR THE CO!-it<Lt\ND.F'R: JOINT MESSAGEFORM ot Lll ~ll ACC:C\IJNTINO CLI\';SJFIC 1\ : JON ::PECIAL l~dTrtUCTION<; Ul!CLA~ CPS 1185:: eLL Tt:'t'I\'CF cr::-.1'P t?2FF~F:F. :CE LETIER THIS HEJU~1UA?.TERS DAT}.D 23 ;,:ARC:t l S59 SljJ.J: RE?0~-7 0? u?O. PARAG~.C,PH lDC 1) STATE:S ~1.:;~ ZuLU. P.'\].H:;YfAP}t l K STPTtS f'l f, Y RJ~.J FH J