PROJE CT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 1~. CONCl.USIONS Wo!J Bulloon OAYETIM!: CROUP L iYPC: Or OBSERVATION P ro~niJiy B JII oon Po:nihly Dolloon 0 Ground VI !luat 0 Ground-Radar g 0 Wo,. A$tronomi col Wn Ailcroft Pr?\111bly Alrernh Po r.3i ::,1 y Ai rcroh 0 ProboMy A:::tror"->mleol 0 Po:uibly A~tronomi~al 1. LEN~'YH OF.O~SE~VATIO,.. 8. NUMBER 0" 09JC:CTS ln~uflicl~nt Olrlo ,.,, :\lqluotlort 10. BRIC:il su 4RY Or SICHTING ATIC FORM J:2!J l V 26 SF.P S2) 11. COMMENTS .l J\. tl .C.t.l Ill\ I lv.J- lJ \.lll'...J J 'UL)iJ\_,j~ Uranus and Pluto will b a at their closest po ints t o e a rth for 1960 during February. However, 01J!y Mercury will b e vi:;ible in the evening without some kind of optical a id. 1?-y .JAMES STOKLL:Y opli .~1 1id c -.:,ql ftt:' : h hri.l ,1ppc:.tr:JthT .H \ t .. ilolc to tlw n:1k l,l t\ ;tn; """' in thl' Bu~ l,.,,; I the ntMt dhl.lltt ~Lmch arl.' tht\1' 'i,ibk iu .It;: l \'V 1;: In f.1.:t. clurinR J , l,m.ll'y, <hty ,,j!l t.~ .: ;h,ir d,,,t.st f,,r tltt' ~ t:n: Ur.ttllt":, "lti.l will he :. 1mrc l,'Jl~,liOll,l)t:l) milc:s aww ,,., rhc t'iS!Inlt; and whid1 ,\ ill he .1 , liult.: ruorc th.au thrt:' hdlic.r .nile.; di~t n l the: t'llcl u( tltt.' JllCllHh. \ '.'lilt Pluro j, so f.tint-,f the 15th '"'!! uitudc rlut ,, l.1rp,c t.:t.-.c,>pc is IH:eded lll r5eal it, tll.IIHI~ j, . t )!...: alhHit th(' limit uf n'lkt:d qc 'i<.J!ulny. I. i" i:1 the con.;l(~ll.l tiun 11f LC<, the: li(l!l, !1,1 i:' pnsitil)ll ic; :-ltm\'11 ''n CJtll rt1.:p o! \ ~" ''Jtt thl'rr\ h:df of in thl! >uul. e .. st. 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T he Orion uchul.t i\ :tn c'\:llnf'llc of one th.n shirtc.:~ b}' ctni,.ion t'[ it~ tm n li).!ht, \'. hi!c th;tt :uound 1 he Plci :afc~ merely rc- Jkct' the sr.1r light Calliug on it. It j, the tullpc.:rauuc t'f tltc .t!o!oor iattcl :.t.u-' th.tl dt- tcrtninc' \\hidt kind it i~. The Plci.tdc.s arl' l t:lativdy l.ll\.ll, :t\ :-l:tt~ gll, with ~urf Ill' tunpcrallll'<:s nf .1ro11rl<l 2tJ.r /,(1 cle[tt cc.:s F a h n:n hl'it. 'fltt'l,\ Orion jo; i:-IIIllCh h otll'r .tpprc o:'\illt'llll~ (o0,1)fl() dc.: ~rcc~ F.tlncnlttit. Sinn it i' :.o Ito~. 11tuch ~ o~ it~ r. r .. lhtion ;, in the irl\'i,ihlc ultr.n i1lcr f r.tll~l'. A~ tlu . nt} s ~hinc on the hydr~Jgcn 1 .! other i!:.l't'\ io~ tlte ntarh) d nud,, clcc.:-I U tlJI<; 3(1.: knr,r;ktd OUt (I( their lltliii11J pJiiCt'\ r in the J.~ l!ro~cn ..ttumr.. Tltc11 tltc ckctron/ i, fall b: !,. to their twntt.tl pl.tcC'<;, Jllcl light is c.:I.li",l. Thi-; i, the prnt:cs.; of t1u .. n.:-. Cl'n.:c. fo~nili;~r in lluurc,nnt larllp~. Uut Lhe C.(<)ltr Plei.rtkl-yield 1 .tdtit!IOn of lliUdl lower c.:ncrs:r, wltich i!' inc1p.tblc of di~pbdn;.: th~ d cctrons in th~ gn~ cloud~. Allth:~t ''.: c 111 sec i~ tht ~t:tr light rdk:ctcd r<ttll tht dontd~ o f tlu't. i\ncl even in the tmissitln 1 : bul.tt', li kc Orion, tlll'rC' i., sun u rdkctcd q:~r li!!ht, .1ld11JUgh it i.; l:trgtly " ' crp.n ... rl d hy the fluni'I'\C.C'Ilt.:{:. Col estiol Time Table for f ebruary JO:l' 1 rn. ::!.1 i;IIU.I .III, ..,ubrr a d llll' Movn at fir~r q u:utcr. A l}:vl (' tri .tblt :.t:tr in Pcr~ur~) at ra.taiurnl!l hn~ltw.: . Mo;m f.11ll1rM, di, t:no:c 25r ,- Ur:u1m tlf'Jltlitc Min Jn1l nr:tr- t'H (.'.II th; di\t,IOCt" I ,(otl\ 000 lllilt\. Al,nl .It ruini11111nt . f't.JI rnr,.111. Mu,on 1n lht ljll.lrtcr. M ... m JI.I,C~ Jupirr. 1 Munu nt'JHt, t lt,l.lllCC .!.!R,- l\fon P"'l' ~:tturn. Mlrun y f.uth:-r c."' .. r Mill, 'j,jhk hor a fl w d .tr alwut (\IJ tit, cli\t.1th .. t J,U)Ii .'\lr:ol :tl ruininrnnt. N1 w monn. ~-lllfl!\ Jl:l)\L'~ A \t I 'IH >. t\l.t;cl .It minuntllll. I" u f111 CST. t w" hrlll , fcr lur f''>T. Sciunt" Ntw~ l c:tlcr, Jonuory 73, 1960 REPORT ON AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT HOJ ... LY\VOOD, CALIFORNIA February 5, 1960 and Fc~brua.ry 6, 1960 (Observe d by Hundreds of Witnesses) This report i s the result of a thoroug h and exhaustive study of thiu occuTrence LOS ANGELES NICAP SUBCOMMITTEE (LANS) A Scientific Investigative Committee o th.e NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE ON AERIAL PHENOME1~A (l'UCAP) 1536 Connecticut Avenue, N . vV., Washington 6, D . C . . Major Donald E . Keyhoe USMC {Ret.) Correlation of observations of many independent witne3ses, who observed this phenomenon from various locations in Hollywood, together with scientific and technological inforn1.ation from authoritative sources have made this r eport '\Ve wish to express our sinc~re appreciation to all witndsses who gave so generously of thei r time in describing thei1 observations of thi s sighting, and i granted permission to use their na.mes in this report. Our sincere thanks a.lso t o those witnesses who, for personal reasons, requested anonymity, but never t theless rendered valuable inforrrH'.tion and assistance . Our ;:::-c..teful acknowledgment for vital inforrnation and advice on the techno- logical a!;:?-ects of this study, to the following: U . S. Weather Bureau, Santa }.,~onica, Caliiornia; U . S . Weather Bureau, International Airport, Inglewood, C:llifornia; U . S . Weather Bureau, Bttrbank, California; Lockhee d Control T ower, Lockheed Airport, Burbank, California; Lock heed Aircraft Corp. ( 1} Lockheed Research, (2) Missiles and Space Div., Van. Nuys, California; GriHith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, California; Dept. of \Vater and Power (l) Los Angeles, Van Nuys, California; Southern Cal.ifurnia. Edison Co., Los Angeles, Californi a ; dwards Air Force Base, Weather Detachrrten.t Forecaster, California; and U. S. N.:tval. Ordnance Sta. tion, China Lake C;:tlifornia. A special wo:rd of thanks to The Citizen-News, whose article (sec page 2 ) behalf o f this con1mittce, brought retnar kable results i n locating witness cs to thi.s sighting. THE REPORT . (As describe d b y n1'=i.ny witnesses. Signed ret-Ju:rt:,; in file s of N ICAP.) On two successive n\ghts, Feuruary 5 , 1960 and Feb1u.ar y 6, 1960, h orn 11:15 1v1 until after rnidnigh t ~ brilliant red light traver sed a pp r o>:.irna tel y th c san'le course low over the hGart of Hollywood. It n1oved very s lowLy and silently, rern.aining cornpletely stationary f o r pt:riods o.f 8 to 10 r.1 i nut e s at a time. Bl:.:i>. nights the brilliant red light came frorn the west, traveling due east, paralle 1 with Sunset B oulevar<l. A n d both night s i t s top Jed and remained motion- less ov~:-the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and L a Brea Avenue 5 to 8 minutes . Frida y nig h t it continued its motion due ea!'::it (after the 5 minu t e stop) for <:>.bout two blocks, then veered to the southeast and disappeared. S a tu rda y night the r cd light made its appearanc e about the same tin1e ( 11: 15 PM) see:ningly f ollowing the identica l course, west to east, parallel with Sunset Bouleva::-d. This tim~ i t s first stop "vas about a block eas t of .La Brea, wlu-:re it remaine d stationary for approximately 10 minutes. Elevation of the light at this p oint was approximately 560 feet. (See Elev a tion Ar Page 17.) Then , as witnesses watched, there was a loud explosion, and flas h of b l u ish white light (flash of light was direct e d downward and westward), and the sudden formation of a. "mushroom" shaped \vhite cloud. ( objec t 'V3.S down war~. and purple. n'1oment of the bright flash, a dull ahnninuxn cQlor ed tubular shaped seen to shoot i.tp\vards, and a smaller object was seen "spir a ling" As the "whitish'' cloud dissipco.ted, it took on faint hues of pink, blue Some noticed a peculiar o d o r . Simultaneous with the explosion, the brilliant red light set::1ned ''to go out". came back on , or reappeared ~bout five seconds later, slightly higher in e levation and a