PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 1963 Bellflower California Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP -4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION LocallS45-lS55 XXJ Ground-Visual PHOTOS 6. SOURCE JO!No Civilian LENGTH OJ' OBSERVATION HUMBER OF OBJECTS 10 minutes one 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING Bright light comparable 1n flight from 20 and 15 dgr south vertical to point southeast. Visual with and without small ATIC FORM 3l9 (RBV ll S&P S2) 0 GroundRocfor Wos Aircraft D Probably Aircraft 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Ai rcroft 0 Was Astronomical 0 P robobl y Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical OC~ther ~- +All i +A 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS Sighting characteristic lite. ECHO was North of city at 55 d g r elevation heading SE at minute time error con- sis tent with data submitted as probable time error .. Case evalua- t e d as ECHO HEADQUARTERS 6592d SUPPORT GROUP ( AFSC) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Air Force Unit Post Oflice, Los Angeles 45, California ATTN or. SSQO suBJECT : Report of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1 . Reference AFR 200- 2 . 2 . The follo-wing UFO sighting was reported to the SSD Command Post, Inglewood, California on 2l January 1963~ a . Description: Bright, moving light comparable in intensity to a bright star. Course: Object was sighted approximately 20 degrees east and 15 degrees south of vertical and ,.,as observed to move east southeast until it disappeared over the horizon within ten minutes of the initial sighting. Manner of Observation: Visual sighting with and without a telescope. d . Time and Date: 1845-1855 PST, 2l January 1963. Location of Observer: ... . Observer: Mr LOIS Angeles County. 40, Probation See par 2e above for g . Weather Conditions: As reported by - Observer: Clear. SSD Weather Station: Clear and ten miles visibility. Winds aloft: Surface -West/10, 5000-340/8, h. Unusual Activities: None. i. Identification Actions: None. j. Air Traffic: Location of sighting is near several airways and approach and departure corridors to Los Angeles International and Long Beach airports . k . Preparing Officer's Position and Comments: (l) Emergency Plans Officer, SSD. (2) Probable cause of UFO report is an eastbound aircraft departing from one of the several airports in the Los Angeles area . Lt Colonol, USAF Ocpu: 1 Commander li 06.'1IJ Pt' .1Ml..i1 NORTH CF OIJ. Q J Pf'J JtN.~?f. $0UfH OF ll\r!t$111Vlll.f-. fi.J\~--- t . JtT../J~.~7 PiJ Jllf, .><i rwrHH OF 1\l i )II.OJ PI' ,Jfl' ..... 2'l SOUTH eF P rJ IV' ... ;- NOIHH or ill Ofl.rl') PI .JM .... ?u SOUTH OF A I 0 7 .fl6 P~' .IM . J2'f SOUTH Of Clf'Y, '' O[I,HlES 1\BUVE Ht.liH70N OVlNG $~ nF:.,,rr: s ft f: I .f' f F-~ I',-r ~t F F S flf t~ltl-r-s Iii l,fl.~t S I;l r I r- s lil;!. IU:I" t, I ' t HH I r, G ll't, '~'l C lTY, r,c: ll.'(.lUf~ fH I t F ( s l!f.Cll~<; I HHU !. Of'l HINI /.Ofl II C I' I I (IN f lllH I J Otl H nrn l nn II(Ji~ J /ON t-HJV I m~ t lOV l !JG r !fll 1 n N t' o v 1 N!; s F 1\l"fVf I!ORllOf~ tHIVtr:r; tjj: ''BilVF. HOP 1/Uii tHIV 1 tJG -SF-- 1\ fl 0 V t II U n I l(JrJ t' 1\ V l N G S E 1\r\!lVE i!llRl/fJii ~IIJVFIG )E 1\l'il\1!: qnr{ t ?r;r-,, rrv t rG SF 1\Uf''.'C I .nt~ l / QIJ tt.r)J l NG ~.[ r DJ !,IUrS AHQV( IIO~llfJN 1 Clt"Yr t' lHI!P.I":I~S A!?('\f': I H!ItflflN r~OVli'IG-SE------- 11-t-tPR llf!!! 1-l.lY l NG 5(- cITY' 7 r. IH CJfY, 7?. 11((Pt.f S 1\BP\IF HOHl lON tJ.OVING-5-E------- ClTY, 22 ll[t; Rt.ES AlJCVt: HOHlZON foiOVlNG SE CITY, ~5 O(GftEES ARIJV( HORllON MOVING SE . r l t"Hl 1 II I ' f ~lilllll t:r C l I Y r A f}l.i V F Dl.lJRCF.S I ! fJ R l 7 llfl fJV I N G - S t IIOfU lON MOV 1 NG S E IIOI<IZON MOVING St: r: I T v t I~, l'f:e:~-r S !H~rvr H'lP (70N l'- 11V I ~G-Sf