PROJECT 10073 ~ECORD C.ARD 12. CO~lCLUSIONS ~-LOCATION TYPE Of OOSERV/\TION 3. DATET1~IE GROUP 7. LENCTH o,: OBSERVATION 10. BillEr SI..IIIMARY OF SICHTINC 0 Ground-Vi ::uol Air-Vi:;uol a. NUM9ER OF OBJECT S ATtC POR.W 319 (:lUV 2& !laP 5%) Ylos Balloon 0 Probably Br.lloon Po::si ~ly Bolloot'l 0 W ns Ai rcrof t 0 Probol.ly Aircraft 0 Grovnd-Rodor 0 Air-Intercept Roder 0 Po ssi bl y Ai r croft 11. COMMENTS Was A<;tronomi col P rob obi y A ::.1 ronomi cal 0 Possibly A::.tronomic:ol [(' Insufficient Dmo for Evaluation l.J~O Report. Little Sespa Canyon, Calif. (Hr. n : 3.1\..FIS- J (irajor L . J . Tacker) 1. .\. ti:.oroue,h check of the ATIC :f'lles fn.iled to Jisclose any :report frr:un the V~nture. California area for the periou referenced by !iir .~. 2 . It is possible that a sl~htin did occur at the plac e and ti!!ld in<li- dated, but the report never fowrul its way into Air Force ch9 els. 3 . T!\a .A'l'IC called Pvint HUc!.u, end it was determined that the iuforlTbtion ~as fo:::-Hardad t o the Eleveuth 11J"aval District. oint J':Uu officials a=E: . ottempting a follo~-up of their report, and will notify the A~IC of the FO!~ S.':1E CO~:liANDER: NICH~L\S .POOT Actg, Deputy f'or Sciences and Gomponants SAFIS- 3 r' . ''lj Tac'Jter/ro'r:b/72291 2 1 September 1959 This i s to acknowledg e your letter of 27 .\u~st concerni~ a recent U!lid.entif'ied F lyi:::tg G'oject s~tl:1g near Ventura, C3ll for:::l3. T he lith !!3~1. District r eceived t:1a r.!i)v:--:eu sl,;;1~i:;s and has been conducting ao i:!vesti g a tion on !>v Ba ible ccsusea . ~-I hen t hey have completed. t'hllir inves"':.l6a t i::>c th~y . .dl.l ser.d the ini'or- !.18 tion :-.o the Air Technica l Intelli::5ence Cdnt.er c t i.'ri6ht - ?atteraon Air Force Base, Ohio. Upon final evaluatio n o y the Ai.r T~cb.nical Intel ligence ~nter I ~.o~ill be happy t o for.o~ard t he re:Jults of t h i a ai,3h"ti:QS to you . ( ir..ce:-e ly, (AloffiE~CE ~T. TACK~H. r1a j_cr, USA.;!' ~ublic lr.f0 tion Division U lc~ uf Info rmat i o n ~rvices Comeback IS-3d 39der IS- 1