PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. DATI 2. LOCATION 12. CONC~USfONS HX Woa Balloon 26 July 1963 Hollywood, California 0 Pro\tol.ly Boll-... S. PfiOT I 1. LINOTH 0' OUIItVATtoU one minute C!i. vili m. I. NUMIIIt 0' OIJICTI 10. Uti' IUMMA.Y 0' IIOHTIUI Object sighted overhead d.ri:fting NE. Bright silver ball, slightly oblong vith ring around it. No sound. ATIC: I"'OtM 12t (RitV 21 811P 52) 0 GrowftiiRo~or Woa Alrcreft P roi.W y Alrcr.ft PouiWy Alrcroft 0 A~l,.toreo,t R..ter Was Aetro"otw~lc.l ProltWy AetroneMicol PoaeiWy AetroAot~tfc.a lnsufflclont Deto let Evolwtion 11. coINTS Balloon latmched from Santa Monica Airport at 1500. Winds and sky condi- tion indicate that this was the object HEADQUARTERS 6592d SUPPORT GROUP (AF'SC) UN ITED STATES AIR FOR CE Ai r F orcP. U nit Post O!tice, Los A ngeles 45, California suaJwr : Rc!)Ort of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) bl AUG 1963 Hricht-Patterson .AFB, Ohio 1 . Reference AFR 200- 2 . The f'ollowing UFO sighting ,.,as reported to the SSD Connmmd Post, Ingl e,,rood, California at 1000 PDT, 27 July 1963. a . De~cri;ption: Bright s ilver ball, slightly oblong "t.,ith a Saturn-like silver ring a rotu1d i t , no zound . b . Course: Initial sighting ,.,as directly overhead. Object di::;n.ppee..red in a northeasterly direction. 11o1mer of Obse:. .. vation: VisuaJ :Jighting. d . 1~e and Date: 1515- 1530 PDT, 26 July 1963. Observation persisted about one minute. Location of Obzerver: Hollywood, Calif. f . Observer: address as above, telephone 3 Heather Condition: Clear and f i v e -eiJht mjl.es visibility vTi.t h haze w..si smoke. \linds aloft from surface to 20 , 000 feet -vre::-e genera ] ly from t h e h Um.l5 u3l Ac ti viti e:.; : None. i . Identification Actions: None. j . Air Traffi c : Not applicabl e . 1~. Preparing Officer' s P~sition and Co~ents: (l) Emer g ency ?lans Officer. (2) A veath er balloon vras r elec.s ed from Sru1t11 l~onica. ilirport appro:dJJc.tely 15JO on 26 July 1963. Considering the \vinds, Gky conoi tion n..nd slight haziness: Ill'S. '.rrout probr-tbl y sighted .. .:.hi;:, b~lloon Gho:-ctly aft0r r~l~''!.S~. HOWARD E. SHORT lt Colonel, USAF Deputy Commander Spt Gp (sSQr : Unit Post Office Pngeles 45 J CaJ.if \-fright-Patterson