Project 10073 Record Card and Sighting Report — Red Bluff, California, August 19, 1952

This document contains the official record and correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported on August 19, 1952, near Red Bluff, California. The primary record consists of a Project 10073 worksheet and a teletype message (JWPML 27F) sent from the 28th Air Defense Division at Hamilton AFB to the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB. The witness, whose name is redacted, reported observing two round, circular objects at 1447 PDT. The objects were described as having a white, fuzzy appearance, moving at a very fast speed in a steady, straight course from north to south at an estimated altitude of 5000 feet. The observer noted no sound and reported the weather as clear. The sighting lasted approximately 10 seconds. The official evaluation of the report, documented on the Project 10073 worksheet, categorized the data as insufficient for evaluation and noted that the report was 'sketchy,' suggesting the possibility that the objects were meteors observed during the day. The file also includes a letter dated August 28, 1952, from Major Robert E. Kennedy of the Air Technical Intelligence Center to the witness, acknowledging receipt of the report and providing a questionnaire for further details.