PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION C Ground Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 7. LENGTH OF 03SERVATtON AT!C FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 1 Air-VIsual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor 1 6. SOURCE 8. NUMBER OF OSJECTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIO~S 0 Was Balloon Probably Oa1loon 0 Possibly B alloon Was Aifcraft 0 Probably Aircfoh Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi col ~:I\ f t ' (. i ( . t1 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Data fo r Evaluation .r~n,o : AHlVlY .? NAVY - 2 J CMC -8, ACTION; CINl7 srfJ J3 c 15 s WCZCHQA361ZC~JC7i7 CZC~I.,JA558 ' ~yy RFE~VB RCWNC RBWPPG RJWFALB RJWZSB RJEZHQ TO RFEMVB/C AIRDEF RCWNC/CANFLAGPAC RBWPPG/QCOMWESTSEAFRON RJWFALB/CINCNORAD RJEZHQ/ COFS CIRVIS FM P LOT 0930Z 3830N 12558W TWO PILOTS IN ETHAN-26 X OBSERVED FAST FLYING OBJECT BELEIVE A/C FLYING APPROX 090 DEG 70' EX PL OD::D AND DISAPPEARED STA~.,. MESSAGE C.sviStc~ onu2o ( 21 Jul 61) oo~J~3C O M I N G INFO :. CIN-14, ARMY-2, NAVY-2, CMC-8, JCS-35, OSD-15, NSA-7, CIA-11, ZCHQE557ZCYJA180 DE RJWZSBA 1 FM 552 AEW CON WING MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF TO RJWZSB/28TH NORAD REGION HAMILTON AFB CALIF INFO RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO RBWDC/COMWESTSEAFRON TREASURE IS CALIF RJEZHQ/COFS USAF \ RFEf1VB/CANAIRDEF ST HUBERT MONT CANADA RCWNC/CONFLAGPAC ESQUIMALT BC UNCLAS/520IN 1345. POST LANDING CIRVIS REPORT. REFERENCSCIRVIS REPORT SUBMITTED BY MCCLELLAN AIRWAYS AT 201020Z AIRCRAFT ETHAN 26 SIGHTED AN OBJECT WHICH WAS BELIEVED TO BE A FAST MOVING 4IRCRAFT EXPLODE AT 3930N 12558W AT 200930Z. OBJECT WAS ON HEAC:~:G OF 090 AT ALTITUDE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 7000 FEET. E THA~l 2 WAS EN ROUTE TO STATION 3 ON HEADING 280 AT 7000 FEET. A LIGHT APPROACHED THE ETHAN AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT AT A CLOSURE SPEED DESCRIBED AS FASTER THAN THAT EXPECTED FROM A PISTON ACFT BUT NORMAL FOR JET AIRCRAFTo AIRCRAFT COMMANDER AND PILOT OF S-26 STI\ TED THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE A.NY OUTLINE OF OBJECT DECAUSE OF STAfr Ml::SSAGE ON!SieM ~LA I!O Mi$k.GI PAGE TWO RJ~ZSBA 1 DARKNESS BUT HAD ASSUMED IT WAS A JET AIRCRAFT. THE OBJECT EXPLOD- ED AT A DISTANCE OF 3 TO 5 MILES OFF THE LEFT WING AND SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN ~THAN 26 AIRCRAFT. EXPLOSION WAS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE FLASH WITH A REDDISH WHITE CENTER. THE OBJECT WAS NOT TRACKED BY THE RADAR OPERATOR. AIRCRAFT COMMANDER IS CAPT LO\~ELL CALL, 964 AE\~&C SQDN, COMMAND PILOT, 7000 HOURS. OTHER OBSERVER WAS THE PILOTQXLT CLYDE T. DENNIS, 4000 HOURS. 21/ 0050Z JGL RJWZSBA NOTE: ADV CY DEL TO OOP- C? ( 210030 JUL 61)