Sangabriel California — May 1960

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS I. LOCATION Cal1torD1a D Woa Balloon D Probot.l, Ballaan -o4o,..--------Cl Q,.un.t-VIauel a Groun4Ro4or . D Woa Alrc:roft a Probot.l, Airc:roft (/.C,J.o1;, D AI.-VIM~ol 0 Air-Intercept Ro4 a PoaaiW, Alrc:roft S. a Wo1 Aatronomlc:ol D Yea D ProbaW, Aatronomlc:ol JQ No Civilia.D a Poaaibl, Atrononticol 7. LINOTH OP OIIIRVATION L NUMBIR OP OBJICTI 9. COURSI 0 Other:---~- --- 10. IRIIP OP liGHTING sav a tl7iD8 saucer ATIC FORM 329 (R&V It 8&P tt) Qt lnaufflc:l..,t Doto for Evoluotlon ODe ---0 Unknown I I. COMMINTI The int~t1on s tted ill this letter was very l:Jm1ted. Addit :Jnt ion vas requested the witaess but was never received 34. What were the weathet' conditions at the time you saw the obiect? 34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) c.-Scattered clouds '1 d. Thiele or heavy clouds e. Don't ree"ember 34.3 WEAtHER (Circle One) (Circle One) a. No wind Slight breeze- c. Strong wind Don't remember TEMPERATUP.E (Circle One) Fog, mist, light rain c. Moderate or heavy rain e. Don't remember e. Don't remember When did you rept to some official that you had seen the obiect? Was anyone else with you at the time you s_aw the obiect? (Circle One) 36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the obiect too? (Circle One) Yes No 36.2 Please list their names and addresses: 37. Was this the first time that you had seen an obiect or obiects like this? (Circle One} U. S. A I R F 0 R C E T E C H HI CAL I N F 0 R MAT I 0 te S H E E T (SUIJMARY DATA) In order that your information may be filed and coded as accurntoly as possible, please us the following apace to write out a short description of the event that you obsc.rved. YC'u may re- peat lr.formation that you have already given In the questionnaire, and add ~ny further c<~mn:nts, statements, 011 slcetches that you believe are Important. Try to J~resert the details of the observa tlon in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size p-1per may b. attached if they are n .. ded. eo Print) (Do Not Wite ;,, This Space) I f~ceivP.~ aseargeante rating 1n 1928 from the R. o. T. c. at Missouri University. In the Infantry. I hate communis-, and please excuse the typing and secretarial errors. If you all want me to place an atomic bomb by dropping me an~ it on some future or distant battle field or enemy installation don't hesitate to call on me. I so etten think of the Ragionet Line and everything wae figured out on paper to be perfect but the Germane did creat new fox holes for their 1 front line eea1sgeants and corporals and we all know what -..fnSa 18 to JOUr receDt letter !PUla& r4 aa na14ellt1tte4 t~ ob.1ect 'I lettar ccwate1Da tnt01at1cm tor a wlJcJ conelu , reca-t t JOU the etta Air QneetioM1re 1D regard 'to tbe eighttns aDd torvard tbe paper to tbe Technical Inte Center, Wright-Patterson Air Baoe, Ohio LAWRUCB J. TACKJ<R Lt. Col.., USAF fUbl1c tion Diviaion Oft1ce ot Intormat1on oi-3d comeback SAFvi-)cl ( tiCol TM'Dr) N !CUOLAS ?~T Acting Depu~ ~1enca and U F 0 ANALYSIS SHEET DATE IZ MAY '9'0 LOCATION 2A.v. GAft1laea.. DATE TIME GROUP LOCAL 12, MA'f PHYSICAL SPECIMEN YES NO ,/ SOURCE MILITARY CIVILIAN V TYPE OF OBSERVATION \h #&44 1 , LENGTH OF OBSERVATION -------- NUMBER OF OBJECTS I COURSE --- SATELLITE: IN ORBIT: VERIFY YES: NO: DECAY: ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA----------------------- REFLECTION --- SUN DOG _ INVERSION PRESENT --- LENTICULAR CLOUD _ PHOTO ANALYSIS --------- PHYSICAL SPECIMEN ANALYSIS---- BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: 5 I ~N.,.-~NG-~S UIE~y EVALUATION: CONCLUSION: FORM ( 2) I FTDT AU ~, 0-15 TO-E I INTELIJ: GENOE Washington D. c Dear Cap1ta11et1o Friende, While waiting to go to churCh (Now 9.40AM Sunday morning Standard Mountain Time) I read The Family Fallout Sh~lter My tellow ohem1eta and other protesslonal bourgeoise "poh hughed" m:1 efforts to prepare for and defend oueselvee for an all out Atomic War," ever slnoe Hiroshima. The Powers case 1e your "baby". On May 12 at 8.40 PM Standard Mountain Time I was sitting on the north led.ge of the East enteranoe of the main building at Mark Kepel High School in the Alhambra School Diatr1ot of California. From what I on military observation or plane movements I estimate I saw a !+ling sauoer traveling toward me and somewhat east. It interested I can take one of your m111tary men and show the approximate movement between a tree and a 11ght pole about ablock aw~. As I t1rst saw 1t in my bifocals I thought it might be a light retraction. and it looked like a morning star (reddish like mars) But I took themott except it had somewhat of a oroasextens1on a,.,a1 tea I a~atad for it to paea something llke a spine on a enohino~ermata. by in my line or vision past the cross arm of the light pole. It disappeared. A Stat was visable in that same area that remained about the same, but no vieable movement. I have told now one about it. I wae alone and I don't usu~lly taka a brea.thar on the East aide o t the Night School 2o~n;;l!Y_9.D-- North. And I not making carbon copy. Yours tor Truth. San Gabr1e1, C e. _ s. Xou oan eee wh7 now I'm not man1ng "La4J s Chatter1ngton Lover'' Cal1torn1a. t know how many tao1ata are"tak1ng over"the government but I know ere I atan4 1n "The Faith ot Our Fathers." San Gabriel, Oal1t. A1ruratt Intormatlon ~--~ c<M ~ ...... Detene De.artaent ~ Wash 1~aon D. c Dear Frlenl.a, I've m1e.lacea my t1ret letter to 1ou about the 111~ I aaw tlo&t1DI over a rear ago at Mark Keppel H1Kh School at n11ht An4 I was surprised that rou even wantet any ad1t1onal 1ntormat1on I've also mlaplacea. or lost paae 1 ani. 2 of your rox'lDB,but like Xeroea or ol 'Who oould.n' t sleep when he cauaea the Book of the Kines o t AseJeria to be rea.a to him and. touni. out about Mori.eoa1 aav1nc hla lite, I as a master seargeant tor God shou14, a1noe a law abi41ni oi tizen, mail you back the toxus I complete months aco, and at that time I ha4 the tiret pfCe too 11 clve me a copy of my letter relatinK to this ani tae tirat tozrna with t .be others I can mail them baok with any 1nfo111at 1on I have etored 1n the SEC!\ET part of my brain. But I rea.ll7 doubt 1t that ia real]J' important aa now-A-clqa we are eett1ng away trom pesl'k 11 reallJ believe in our form ot D mooraoy Wben 811 rated ~.o.T.CC searseanta are ret1rea on a pension 11ke EisBehhourea and one ateno~raphe~ 1nata3.i. of $8J.OO monthly Social S~ourity check tiliah the1 won't eYen pay unless we volunteer to be executed like the Two Veterans k61led 7ears ago in a Gulrport hospital. W1 thout Military training I w0uldn' t have been in oy own churc!l, ~lch church I no~ requeat to a~it qual1t1ed Colored Persons on one Summer San&~ 1n 195J. I a1sturbe4 no one but a M1ss1sa1ppi Poll-Tax o1t1zen who eo ett1oientl1 aeprived me or a lawyer. 16, Tell In a few worda the following thlnga about the oblct. It, Color f: but moving like an air born obJect. I'm and 1t dr r e 17. D~w picture that wll ahow the ahope o ect ora e~t Lag.l o~d. ufui:fn y~r a'fcitcfin/i.l\111\h fJuly of the ot,lect that you sow auch a a wings, protrualons, ete., and eapec Iaiiy exhaust trail a or vapor tralh. Place on orrew bealde the drawing to ahow the direction the oblec:t woa moYing. ( 18. The edgea of the obiect were: I r (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or b b. Like a brfght'star.: c. Sl10iply- outlfned d. Don't remember 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE obtect, then how many were there? , Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling 20. Draw a plctureJhat wLII ahow the th.t th. ol.lec'., olt~ct1 Ploc on A et the laeglnnlne of the path, a e at the end of the Path, and ahow an1, changes In direction during the courae. 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to gue11 011 eatlwKtte .what the reol alze of the obfect waa In Ita longeat clhnenalon. Iorge cllcl the. oltiect 4'f' ollecta ond ot allout arm' length? (Circle One): a. Head of a pin aa compared ~lth ~ of the following ollec'. bei;J In the ha,td g. Sliver dollar ""--~ , . , , h. Baseball Ouartttt f. 'Half dollar I Grapefruit J' t. v L....... \ , k. Other v-~,) 22.1 (Circle One of the following to Indicate how certain you are of )'0\1' answer to QueaUon 22. .. li. Fairly certain c. Not very sure d. Uncertain 23. How did the oblect or olljecta disappear from view? In Ofnf thot you cett tiH cleor a picture . poaalltl' of whot you aow, wo woulctll f you to IM .. Ino thot you could conatruct. tho oltfoct thot you aaw. Of what typo Motortol woul4 you molce It? How Ioree woulcl It Ito, ancl _wh.ot ahopo ~oul.l It hove? OeaetiM In your o'" wOfda a ~ommon ollect or oltfecta which when ploc_. up In tho alcy would 9lvo the aome appearance oa tho ollect which yov 25. Where were you lucated when you saw the obiect? (Circle One): a. Inside a building b. I~ a car c. Outdoors 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? c:. In open countryside? d. Flying near an airfield? ct. In an airplane e. Flying over a city? t - ~:J : .. {. f. Flying over open country? , ,._t. ,. ~ f. .... ! 27. ~'hat w~e y~u d~lng at the time you saw the obiect, and how did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you were MOVING 'IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions: What direction were you moving? (Circle One) a. North c. East e. South b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fast were you moving? -------------miles per hour. 28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the obiect? (Circle One) Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the obiect? (Circle One) a. North < c. East . f. Southwest What dire~tion were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One) b. Northeast f. Southwest ( -d.-soutlleas!.:-- h. Northwest h. Northwest h. Northwest 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the numb