P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS 4. TYPE OF 09SfRVATlOt4 0 Wos Bolloon Probably Balloon D P ol'sibly Boll oon Wa s Aircraft 0' P rob obi y AI rcroft Ponibly Alrcrnh 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Probably A stronor>1lc11l P ossibly Astronomic:41 . 7. L ENGTH OP 0~.5!:RVATION 9. HUMBER Of OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Othor---------::~:---- 0 ln,ufflci,mt Data for Evaluation v,m LoL t:Lvcn lJ. SRI!: P SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0f. j:Jt .3-/c .. (t w:ts c lcii:r.ed Lhs.t th~ ;,ound H0.5 a d i.f .i\~r~nL sonnd .r:ro:;; th ~. t rr.<J.dc by jet. .? in; c.tif t o 11. COMMENTS !"'ro .J.tJle c:~JJ'i'~ w1:~ sonic bc:JJr.:.o 'i'n~ gcu=" ap~lic~l confit;urstion of tllP. are.:~ is hill y a~d 1:1..1~11d c a u s e a:r.oJ '!.ri.c2-Li.on -(our l~t-l;al" of 15 Jbr: .. J.ary l..)oO l"''l~ i;c:t:m referred t o thi3 o.?f!..:!e. "!d p~"bable cauae of t~ .Jou:1J.ia you E!:<:_;e::-ienced ig :Jonic C.Jl ~onf.!.3Ura ~icn o:t t.h~ .J.c~a ".rhere .you live l:t .. Lilly :Jod .J!IIoll- t-..~st:!.on of :;te oom~ and ech~s could cont.rioute t0 .1hat you 't;~e J_J55 oighting you degc:-l~e \Ia~ l)'rO'oBbly caused by l.i,61:lt ;:!fl eeted f:-oCD the dOJne of the Li..:::t Cbsdrvatory. :-ln T ose, Ca li.forn Glncer-!ly, I .. \WRE.'"'iCE J . TAC~R l !s,jor ~ L"'SA~. P!1blic IU'or.o.ation Divi~lon Ci'f'ic$ o? I:llor:nation J conl.:!b a c k In tell j .'";{,;!rlCr".; TYPt:. OF ACTICI'I PNEP-RATIO'I OF A?~?r IATE fD~WAROI~lG COR~ ::SPI)tWI::r<CE ACTION 31CN~O TO: PiH~P:\R.!.TIO~I OF HF.Pl'f (for tdi1n,.tur~ o f /,Cf,j]ntulli{Jonce) PP.EPAafiTION Of' llF.?LY (for :o~i!ln~turc Q{ Dop u :y, .lCSj!n t o l1 iJtmta) COO~OINATIOH PREPA~ATION CF REPLY ( fur iunature A~CINX HAS OIIIGINAL FOR AOD IT ION~l INfORM.\TICS CONTACT ( /ntlicat~ n.,m., and .,;ctomsio n ) AFCTIT- l.Bl Attached l e t ter, r ec eived from ACSI/Arny, ivhatev~r action m~ be deemed necessary . your v.c t i o n and/ or f inaJ. diSl)Osition o.~., prob ably b e received from ACSI/Arn~ is for \.rarded for you.:r in:fon!l.[i.tlon &J.d. Re~luest y ou i n:for!'l AFCDT-lDl conc e:ming thi s me.tter , si nce futui""e i nquiries vill 2. Lt r fr Mrs. M~i'.1tJ fiOUTJ;1G SU? t. E.VR l..'S FoP. . lt'PROJ(I~. DISt1~P.l(.0V.'fLS. CONCU/tRF..'tCFS. OR S IMJLA-< 1ICTIONS 1 !'.,\'A 0 \ T lfU. INIH~:.~ CIRCULATE Ofl<#~'ll:: ... l 10~< MIO LOC.\liOM Cl.\ft COOROINATI0'1 Sl;;ti.\TURC I oru c. :"a eu aS ;.1 'JCl' .r.1.n~n:~ o your OlJ. :t.c o . 0'\G" ZATI<>N AND LOCATION Sonic ~ ;u sa I l1eart11n v~nav .A cracking son!c bcom ~o'IL."1g !n a n o rt h -south ~- .rectum startled residents 1n the central and ea.st.ern part:J o! S a nta Clara Vlilley at noon tod a y . ReportS te leph oned to the News t n d1ca.t ed the ~:c plosive sound w:lves tnv cled ~long n. path trorn Almaden, thrt)u gh Sa.n Jos e east ot Fint ~t.rect and along the P::~...~t >rn fnothUis . The r esponsibl e a.lrcraft was not sighted . .:~1 '.;ritine. this lett~1 in hop.-3 thJt int.t:! l .. ~ ... enc.::l \d 11 lister.~. ;o i>h.ut I h...tv~ to a t LL o ' clocl~ in the Ea$t foot hills of San S<.-.~leOnt: ,.,i tl. 'in Oll!ll'; c! of zay. ToJ~y c'db . 1960 .To'3c, t.;o oi.' your j ets }:J-..t.:iS~d. Ov-!r head . and ht 1 v~ .. n -::aP.et ovt;;r hea d svmet!ll:t.; 1yin ha f Sbl, when your jets rorce Jnd 1'ollods ~nc I k.no w the sound of.' a j et, bLtt this is a diffet'ent. kind o.t' :_,ound. lt iz F..iS thout;h it lie::s in iul~t bet . ...:cn -ch~ fir~t a nd loth of th-:-: !~ont.:.J.. lts .r. .. o':jOl' stops ~nd t!len (:_o..;s ne,ain as t.hou .. ""o it can 5tuy i n one place and . .r-~it it is hard i o .f'i nd ;~ordd to de...icrlbo it. I t follov.-ed the: t .n jec.o tonlt<: ut L~ o 'clock :i!'eb 1..), 19o0 i s an axt,icle i n tho pF.lper nb.Jut~ ~.1n sonic bocr.n. I \Jn3 i n tJ-.. 3 ;yttrJ and close ov0r h:;ad I coulc1 hear thi::: st:::ange noise, &. l 1elt. .:.uch a strc\nEe f0:;li:1~ lik0 I w ,l..:J und~r .; o!lte k ind of L.~- .. n.t he~t. that r .. i'i:e rr'.Y body \las b.:-eakin& out " i th .3tl'9.nge -..1ealts u nv body ft:lt as th:>\l I was co:ning o u t of I.(J s kin. I went to the os1'ital <.d.Jout l~ Jui . the doctors couldn ' t dest~.: l be it so lH:e all doc tors tht::!.>' cal l.!cl it: hi v=s. I ne-ver had :_i ves in my life . in 1955 a t 3 A .. N i::~. tLe: u..orni:1e:; hanging ove r in tile .Coot hill.l h'~ could ::ez thiG object b:-ig.at ruovint; uack ~. forth i n th:: hill3, s.-liu..:.ing lika p::nc.!alu:n3 on a n cloc~, I c ulled TP:J hU3ba.nd; tn.!n h~ 1.!-=tl)eo our toe: !l..m to see it. yoJ.r militZl!'Y to com~ sea it. but the,r h<:!''le the ..,l'U& tbl'l[.S to ss, 1-c~uld be a jet. f:::-_.:.t;.:;, I haYe hear.:\ cr1er the n~ .. 1s :1bout a jet Vlc:w Hil.ich i:-1 not f~r .f'rorn Saa Joe.~ \o/h(;re w.; live . t;oinf:. do."n it1 i.t It u ;nt i.JHo ~ Liel-.. Ob.:>ervc-1 tory 1 s ri~)1 t in t he; area abon; us Hhf.:_ ~ thlr objcl!-c se::ns to b3 most of' ti'LC: cl::l:J. ~vnic so~:~; ,Jaard In Valley I \ cracking sonic 'boom