PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Waa Balloon 1 Jan 1 Southern Calif. o Prohaltly Balloon i W Y Balloon Local -----------)J:l Gntund-Vi 1ual 0 Groun4Aodar Waa Aircraft 0 Prohahly Aircraft T :;:::;:1::::6=/=2=4=0=0=Z=======-...J.,-D AI.-Vhual o Air-Intercept Radar D PoaaiWy Aircraft S. Wa Atrono~Wical .4feTco!C- D Yea D ProhaWy AatronoMicel XC5 No Civilian D Poaaihly Aatraftamlcel 7. LENGTH OP Oll!ltVATION L NUMI!R OP OBJECTS 9. CDURSI! 0 Other _ lnufficient Date t.r Eveluetlon 0 Unlcnown 10. BRIIPSUMMARYO,II~TI Port ~eme, Poi t lii. - N~T~S s P~@ i. ------~---~ Santn. Ba.rbafP egg shaped size of foot ball, blue irredesentcolor. Objt with long firey red tail breaking up. Tail hn.d \rhite center. Desc~nding fm 60 elev in E to h ori:lun in H. :Juration 2 sec. P~C:::CEDS:NCit RELEASED BY PRECEDENCE CINJI'O) FM SOP SANTA BARBARA-VENTURA AREA TO COM ELEVEN DIO DRAFTED BY AF DISTR: .. INF.O CtN 0 A. ~ CQ\1 ELEVEN INST 3820. 1 A 3o SOP PORT HUENEME-POINT MUGU-SANTA BAR8ARA AREA INST 3820.1 . : . .. 1. A. PR03A3TLY EGG SHAPE Ba FOOTBALL SIZE C. SLUE IRRIDESCENT COLOR GQ P TS BRAKI~G OFF-LONG RED FIERY TAIL WITH WHITE CENTER ~ A~ SAW TH~U WINDOW _ B. NN~ FROM CA~lARILLO, CALIF . ANGLE ELEV 60 DEG 3~CNAV UNS~CNAV ASTSECNAVRESDEV ; 3 74 76 9 4 IP NAVAIDE FLAGPLOT 8 r R CC'l C J C S C S A ,C'S .-\? C I A 01 I C COG.l.ii D CONTROL .:.-~ J t1 CIRCUIT NO. PAGES TIME OF RCEI?T OA'i~ TIME :i~CU? hJ~VV [)E?~1~TL1~fJ7 PRECEDENCe: RELEASED BY DRAFTED BY PRECEDSNCE Of ELEV 2a WNW OF CAr1ARILLO D. DESCENDING .FROM EAST TO WEST AT ABOUT 60 DEG -~NGLE 8o LATE DUSK 5o APPROX POSIT-LATITUDE 34-12N LONGITUDE 119-02W 6o A, NONE-INQUIIRIES REFERRED TO USAF B~ SUDDRETH, J. M. ,LCDR, USN., PILOT, VERY RELIABLE 7o A. SKY CLEAR, SMOKE LAYERS NW OVER NOUNTAINS UP TO 600~ FT . 180~U Pt MUGU OBSERVATIGN. So 16 U POINT ARGUELLO OBSERVATION SURFACE 270/4 6000.FT-110/7 1 00 Co UNLIMITED Do UNRISTRICTED COST~OL NO. CIRCUIT NO . TIME CF RECEI?T Dt\TE T1~::: GROU? 17062JSZ J~N UNClASS~f~!ED PRC:CENC:E ~REC:EOENC:E tt.O.o.o. DEFINITELY U1JCL~SS~a~D RELEASED BY DRAf"TED BY NAS PT MUGU-PROBABLY A METEOR. Advance copy CO~TROL NO. CIRCUIT NO. I ?AGE ?AGES Tl~E OF RECZI~T UNCLASSIF~ED I O~T~ riM G~OU~ " PAIIC Dl CALIJC81l.la Ill a vi4e1~-JNb11e1zed inciclent laat J~n!aaey 16th, a brilliant fireball VIla aeen 111 thou.aDCl ot peo- ple fr Sea D!l""gO'lo Sc-Pn.noiaoc, and as tar as 300 miles inland in MeYada. The objeot in Yiew about 18 aeconda, ancl waa deacribed in mea:~ differ- ent. waya by the people wbo aaw 1 t. Inquiries troDt frightened. ci tizena awempe4 police aDII Devapaper 1wi tcb s throughout the area. 'the aigbtinc brought about a erie ot paftioley report. that tirea were raging in large portion. of t.i.e 3 tate, caused by t'all.ing embers. O't.her report., all la t.er provea tala a, ~ i~cluded tindinga ot ~etal clebria in Taricua places. 1 riain ti4e ot pan'o a to onr ma.a;.y geurall7 reliable ort1oiala who re aoon repeating fantll.stio rwaora. On Yera1on o't the story waa t the at.range fireball hacl oraahecl into a den.ely popula tecl aeotioJS ot Hollywood Hill. 'lbe truth aeema j to be +bat it either bw-ned out in Dlicl-air, or else tell harmleaal~iDto tbe On laP\IArY 16 1261 another so-cnlled giant neteor frightened thousnnda in Californi~. The giant boll of fire trailed long multicolored tail and loft an eorie bluish light aftar glow in the sa~e area. It elax~ed thousands! of residents, alreAdy edgy because of rooont unexplained phenomena. It vas seen for 6oO miles in Celifornin and at Las Veg~s, Naveda, which is 300 miles inland. Ma ny reporte d thc t the object. didn't look like a meteor and that it appo~red to be cljmbing in the sky, insteP.d of burning itself out