PROJECT 10073 RECORD - 2. LOCATION 1. OA TE Tl.-.4! GROUP Ga-:;forr..i.:'. 10. CONCLUSION 1. NliHBER OF JBJECTS Descri9+2. on, duration, direction 0! 1. it;ht o.r:ci :ts l ~cs ct a r c en ...,zy _pres en s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BR!EF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 20 -)') Seconds 6. TYPE OF 03SERVATION 7 . COURSE 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Cbiect. nnooared to be soli-:!. Inj_ti.<'! CJ."'j_-:;arDnce fl.s 0. li::ht. . li.::e 3. fouri.h af Jul y s::.!l.rkler. Di.sa!)!"~D.r~d b; farli..1g. Flj -; t f:r"'.);~ belo .. r the bi.~ di;:-p3r to the constJ.llati on Cassiorea .. i~ .. ...:. c :lt cd no .ceent:ry for th ;!") tire rer icrl.. ?ossible ~hat t.h i on a ret,-ul.q,r ;'lo:.ti ng bJ.3es. FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) p,.vtoue eclltJOfte of thle Iota .. F be taMd. roo~r~ent of Defense Offic~ of ?ublic Information TI~shington 25, D.c. U.s. Air Force Technical Information 3heet 4 August 1965 about 10:00 p.m. Pacific Da.ylight S-!vings Time. ~vP-~1o:-ru.a he:-e .., you when you S:!W t.~e object? 2504 Lir.d _venue, Clovis, C-3-li.fornia ~.d. tio~1 rem!Srks: 3t~r.ing in front yard. :sti:r.ate '::o-.r long you s-?.71 the object. I :l f!lirly ce!'~in it -..v~s a boat 20-30 3~conds. ~he condition of sky? r;o trace of da.ylight. .-,n~t di1 ~ .. ou notice -,bout me object w::.s below tha st.'lrs ~d noon? The moon N~s in its first hali. ~r:J to the left of the constelL..,tion C:1.ssiocel3. "ii ... s t he o:ject brighter than ~'ie background of the sky? Ye s ]ike tr- o f "'!1 a.utomobila !1eadligi1t sever~l blocks a;o:ay. to st3.nd still at Suddenly speei :it into parts or e>'J)lode? Giv~ off smoke? C=-:!!lnge brightness? Did the obj9ct r:o '8 behind. sore thing ?.t any time? Yes, tile street light . Did. t::a cbj~ct ::ove in frcnt. of !Jnything? The object ;~?5 d solid. I use i no i~s nents to obser1e tha object. Sound: Nor:e. like !: Fourth o! July sp-3rkler. It c hanged fro:t freen fllc kerii"..g to vrhit~ flickering sp ~ rks t o ~ed flickeri!'Z ::>p-~rks, tn.3n tJ ~ s ort o.t r e -:1 disk. of t he disk TheM vu~s only on3 object. bou t the si':e of a. ry~-. r1: l .i \"!h~ra were ~.:-ou loc~t3d. when you s :rw the object? Outdoors, in th-:! rcsi.~ent::.al s~ction nf th~ city. \';h~t directio n --.;3re y ou looking ,:;hen you fll"st s::tw thd o~j.:!ct? Lort.heast. ~m~t direction irere you looking when you last saw the object? l~ortheast. .-:-.r.~t ;vgrg the 7te~ther conditions at the time? Cl~ar, cool, dry, no wi~d. 7ihen did ~,.!?~:. report to sor.s o:t"fici'll t~ t yo1: had seen the objectl I didn t; ::r4yo~..e ,n t.'l :tOU at the time you w the object? No, but sev9~l sightings around the valley, 9r~ a n official at Ter.:i:Al :!lso sighted sorr.ethir.g. thare have the Fresno i,~as this ":,he first time :rou h=tve sighted an object like t.~is? . I sig::. :.ed ~ sUtion~ry one in Fresno in 1963. It d:anged g~en to blua and then abruptly V3.nished. :/:f' father ~lso white sp~rks co~ng fro~ it over Great Britain in 1957. :;o . l:Or father ~nd colors frcm r ed to sigh te .1 a ba.ll -.-.ri th ~:;th.,t do y'ju think the object w~s? It could h~ve been a ship from another planet, or" s ce junk" la uncl':ed by the U.s. or the Soviat Union. Do you th:.nk you c~n .esti.TA~ the speed or distance of the object? l~o. Ple~se giv~ the following infortt."~tion ~bout yours<elf; ddre ss: :e Clovis, C~lifo=nia 93612 'l'elao~o~.e ?resent job: Student. Any S?eci3l educ~tion3l training: Gra~e school, Hi gh school. D~ t.e .:;:..:e ~ -t.ion~ire conplatei: 8 August 1965. for!!t ::-:-~"lis auestion= ;, .. e ~p~ ce ny .. .a or vona a. ~ was tab3n from the cook "~lying S-3.ucers fro;n Outer Keyhoe, U.s .~:.c. C-tet.) C~s:doPEA . M t1Jof<.. r Re~scn fer sish7inf: Recently I '1cca:ne more inLcrcs+.cd in fliP1nony than usual. As I vms st~ [Azing I n~n~rc j to notice ~ wh te roun1 0hjcct belori const011~tion Ursa M~ or. As I fol o'.red it it :iie;ppc ... rcd behind th'J street li~ht gl~r:. ,ben i t reappeared it trtlveled .for r little then it s uddenly b :c"3mc hrightcr The n bclo:: this I sar: th: object Y.-i th E;reen, whi w Clo . s, C~lifornia Dear Sirs: This ha.s not been the .first sighting rP-cently-in the valley (San Joaquin Valley) Just the day b3fore this sighting there tvas an U~O over Nerced, calif. Ny sighting Has also reported on the neto~s the .... axt morir~g has l v:a.s told b7 a friend~ r~e s :1irl th:=> ney .. Is:-:tan said t~'='~t 3. m3.n at the F ... esro Ai,.. 1'e""'minal J'OTrer also \., th"' s:;_m~ ob.j8ct. 'he man at th-? air-cort said th:J.t it v~!s not an arc tn:~t a n1'1ne or :\8t would m:lka. Yours Sincerely,