PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE -TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Cambria, California 10. CONCLUSION Aircraft (possible) ./ vrtJ" S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual Observer noticed brilliant orange light in the SE ~hich disappeared and reappeared several times. A contrail vas noted. Brightness of light ccuparable with that of aircraft landing lights Observers believe phenomena arose frc:m the effects of an I 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) ,ou tor )'OU1"' 1110at gracious letter ot 3 April 1966. decription Wic:h you gave ia exx:ell.lmt. Unfortnnatel.y # the penon is a poor observer; this has been c:ontinwsd time average a pin in controlled experillenta. Observations, suc:h aa ,.ours, our Job mch eaa1er 1D 1dentit'y1Dg the at1mnlus vbieh .uch a1gbt1np. c:auee 'tb information you supplied, an a1.rcra!'t aJ>pe&rs to be reapcma1bla tar your obaervation. The orange c:ol.Dr probably vu a rewlt of the tv111gbt gl.oY causing a reflection off the airc:ratt. Between 45 to~ minutes after 8\1!1Set, the twilight gl.av reacbea to a beigbt ot 15 -20 degxees. The horizontal stripes becoa:a OI'&Zlge ~llov and gxeeniah 1n that order. 'l'his. c:ould ae~ tor:tbe brilliant orange color. w. viah to thank '10\1 tor ,our interest 1n Project mue Book . tor report'"& ,our observation to t.be Air l'orce. Colonel, USA7 and SUbsystems SIGHTING REPORT At 7:40 PM, March 25, 1966, I was. driving my family south on California Highway No. 1 from San Simeon toward Cambria, \-There the road is near the ocean going approximately south-east. We were at a point about 1 mile north of the position where Santa Rosa Creek empties into the ocean. I noticed a brilliant orange light ahead and above the car, seemingly / at a considerable distance. I me~tioned to my son Eddie, and then it disappeared and after about ten second5re-appeared. I drove the / car to the side of the road and he and I got out. During this interval the light had been out and was back on a gain. It remained on about one to.two minutes as we discu~sed it, the~ went ?ut a gain. It came / on a ga1n and after another per1od of one to two m1nutes, went out for the last time. ! We then noticed a contrail, unusually bright for the light of the thin crescent moon, and seemingly pure white as though the light of the r ecently set sun was not augmenting the bril~iance. The contrail h a d a large "head" at the point where the light had been last seen, and thus had the appearance of. a match with a huge head. He searched 1 for the light for about five minutes without succes~, although we 1 projected the contrail with time allowances. We estimated the altitude and azimuth; direction and length of the contrail. We then returned to Cambria Pines Inn. The light did not abruptly turn off or on, but took about one half to one second, like a n incandescent. The light did not seem to fluctuate! in brightness at any time, and seemed to maintain the same radiance throug~H.>Ut the observations. The brightness can be compared with that I of ai~craft landing lights at Lindbergh Field, and was perhaps twice the b~ightness of the light of a plane in the vicinity of this field I when directed toward my home, about five miles away. ' The sky was brilliantly clear with stars of fifth magnitude easily visible. Checking with Polaris, the " head" of t h e contrail was estimated to. be of 450 Alt~tude and 80 Azimuth, pltdminus so. The contrail, head north-westerly, appeared to us to be pointing at 2:30 O'clock and to~as about 60 in length. At the time of observations, i~ had been fully dark only 20-30 ~inutes, but the sun ~ad set lo~g before. The contrail did not disperse appreciabl y duri n g the time we observed it; about ten minutes. No sound was heard at any time . My o pinion is that the~re phenomena arose from the effects o f an aircra: believe that a co!'Tlmercia l or military jet, p robabl y the l atter, Has flying a t a bout 2 0 ,000 feet. The plane encountered c onde nsation conditions in a n arro'"' area and a crew 'ne::1ber turn~c on the lu:1.di:-~z light seve r a l ti~es to observe bit s of growing ni~t. The pl~ne can through the end of t he zone, causing a burst of condensation, o r perh. used an afterburnen I cannot explain the brilliant orange color. LA .JOLLA, CALIVOR.~IA 3 Aoril 66 United States Air Force Unidentified Flying Objects Section Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: The enclosed explained by Sorne unusual may make the report is probably easily jet aircraft activity. asoects of the phenomenon report worth your reading . Yours truly, Mrs. Hunt/bp/SAFOICC/72842/29 Jul 66 )OU ~or ,our recent letter regarding your aerial 011 Karch 25. ~966; Obae:ttat.i.ona JJUch aa yours .U. our Job a1ch eatder 1D 1dent1:tying the at.1m2lus which. caua ~b aigbtings .. J'rQa. tbe you 8Upp].ied an a1rcratt appears to be napondble ror ,our obaenat:J.on. orange color probably ,.. a :zeaal t o~ tbe tv:U.1ght gl.ov can sing a ren.ection o-r~ the ldrcra:tt .. Betwcn 45 to 6o m1nutea a.tter sunset,. the tvillght g1Dw Iec"-'a to a beight ~ ~5 to 20 degxeee. The hor:Uonta.l. atripea bec::ae oraue,e, ,.uov, aDd gzeen in that order. 'lbia cod4 :tor the bri 1 11ant color. !bml.k 70'1 ftJr repoz tSug )(J!Jr ol=sertstiOD to the Air i'orce czcaac P J'!IB!MU T a. Lt Colme~. USA7 Cb1e1", C1 Y1.1 B.t anch runit-7 Belat1ons D1 T18:1on Ot'.tice ot Infonoe.Uon U-oord cy _ Combk cy SAS-ore ~eader cy-SAF-orc Activity - Staybac~ ~ -SAF- o