3. DATETIME GROUP Local.. 1900 5. ' PHOTOS 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION San Bernardino, California ._ TYPE OF OBSERVATION -'Cl Ground Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar C Air-Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar I. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon D Was Aircraft ~ Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly AIrcraft D Was Astronomical 0 Probably Aatronomical o Possibly Astronomical 3 min 1 W-E 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown BRII!fl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHT1Nitound appeared slightly 11. COMMENTSQbjt of' this sighting was prob larger than planet Venus. Initially golden ably and a/c. Witness indicated objt changing to pinkish-white overhead, then back moved fm an elevation of aprox 20 W to to gold. Appeared aprox 20 above westexn horlsame elevation in E. Assuming witness zon; disappeared apros 20 above eastern horiwas 5 low on his estimate of elevation zon. and a/ c at a height of 8 mi would tt..ave passed through angle he describes in ATtC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 3 min. IT it had a ground speed of 573 ~ s \vhich is easily within capability o'f oux jet a/c. Bright white light on bottom of a/c was probably light observed by DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION INCOMING MESSAGE ACTION: CIN-14 INFO : OOP-2 DGD-4, SAFS-3 FM SBAMA NORTON AFB CALIF TO CSAF WASH DC . . OSAF WASH DC PROJ SPACE TRACK L G HANSCOM ADC ENT AFB COLO . LAADS NORTON AFB CALIF ATIC WPAFB OHIO - COSMATIC WPAFB OHIO //C 0 N F I D E N T I A L//CITE SBBFT R?T 588FT DASH THREE DASH FOUR DASH ECHO X UNIFORM FOXTROT OSCAR X RPT AFCIN DASH ONE BRAVO ONE X HQ USAF FOR AFCIN RPT AFCIN AND AFCIN SECRETARY OF THE AF FOR SAFIS RPT SAFIS X COSMATIC WPAFB FOR AFCIN RPT AFCIN DASH FOUR ALFA X ALFA X MOONDUST X PRN(ONE' PRN ROUND X PRN TWO PRN APPEARED SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN PLANET VENUS X PRN THREE: PRN INITIALLY GOLDEN CHANGING TO PINKISH DASH WHITE OVERHEAD CMM THEN BACK TO GOLD X PRN (you~) PRN ONE ~ PRN(!IVE)PRN NONE X PRN(SIX) PRN NONE X PRN ~EVEN)PRN NONE NOTED X SLIGHT APPEARANCE OF HALATION NOTED WHEN OBYECT WAS OVER~EAD X PRN(EIGH~PRN NONE X PRN(NINE X BRAVO X PRN (ONE) PRN NOTED WHILE WATCHING SKY FOR AIRCRAFT X PRN TWO;PRN APPROXIMATELY TWO XERO DEGREES ABOVE WESTERN HORIXON X PRN~HREE;PRN APPROXIMATELY TWO XERO DEGREES ABOVE EASTERN HORIXON X PR~'FOUR PRN ST~AIGHT F~OM ~EST TO EAST X ?RN'FIVEl PRN LOST TO VIEW TO EAST CMM POSSIBLY BEHIND MOUNTAIN X PRN(SIX P"WIOU8 DrTIOH8 0' n418 pORN DEPARTMENMF lHE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION INCOMING MESSAGE Pago 2 of 3 pages PRN APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES PRN(ESTIMATED PRN X CHARLIE X PRN ( oN[\ PRN GROUND VISUAL X PRN Two) PRN NONE X PRN tHREE) PRN NOT APPLICABLE X DELTA X PRN(8NE)PRN XERO TWO XERO THREE XERO XERO XULU MARCH ONE NINE SIX ONE X PRN ~W~ PRN NIGHT CLEAR X ECHO X TWO TWO NINE SEVEN WEST COURT STREET SAN BERNARDINO CALIF X FOX~ROT-r.. X P (9tu:;i!RN ~ ILIAN CMM TWO TWO NINE SEVEN WEST COURf CMM ONE SIX YEARS STREET SAN BERNARDINO CALIF CMM STUDENT CMM CONSIDERED RELIABLE X OBYECT ALSO VIEWED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF FAMILY X REPORT CONSIDERED RELIABL~ X GO~ X ~RN(ON;J TWO THREE SPACE ONE XERO THOUSAND SPACE THREE FOUR XERO SLANT ONE EIGHT SPACE ONE SIX THOUSAND SPACE THREE FIVE XERO SLANT ONE FOUR SPACE TWO XERO THOUSAND SPACE THREE FIVE XERO SLANT ONE SIX SPACE FIVE XERO THOUSAND SPACE THREE TWO XERO SLANT TWO ONE SPACE SIX XERO THOUSAND SPACE THREE FOUR XERO SLANT ONE TWO NO HIGHF;R WINDS AVAILABLE X PRN ~HREEJ PRN CLEAR X PRN/FOUR;PRN ONE XERO PLUS X PRN(FIVE)PRN NO CLOUDS X PRN SIX)PRN NONE X PRN SEVEN, PRN NOT AVAILABLE X HOTEL CMM INDIA CMM YULIET CLN NONE X KILO X YOHN RR FINN CMM MAYOR CMM USAF X BRIEFING ON MOONDUST INDICATES POSSIBILITY THAT THIS REPORT IS APPLICAaLE X SUBYECT REPORTING OBYECT IS ABOVE AVERAGE IN INTELLIGENCE AND NOT GIVEN JOftCYIOU8 IEDITIOHa 01' THia PORN DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION INCOMING MESSAGE Page 3 of 3 pages IMAGINATIVE OR IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTS X OTHER MEMBERS OF FAMILY CORROBORATE REPORT EXACTLY X LIMA X NONE P R!EVfOU8 SI)ITIOHe 01' n-.1e 1'0 ....