PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9614424

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1950

REPORTED LOCATIONSan Bernardoand Valparaiso Chile

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2/35 MAR 0.5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE· TIME GROUP 2.LO TION
24-25 March San Bernardo and Valparaiso, Chils
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One Report was given to the Local Newpaper
.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Not Reported The description as the usual lic quoted
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION in the local press.
Ground-Visual (Assumed)
7. COURSE
.
Not Reported
8. PHOTOS
Yes
EXXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE + 1
Yes . .
VNe
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populace being quoted in the local press.
3. Third sighting of March between 1330 and 1410 over .
Santiago, Chile. Downtown area was crowded with people looking into the sky observing
this phenomenon. M/Sgt. atterson, - 6249735, assigned to this office as a 502, per-
sonally observed an object travelling at rate speed (See
attached statement and diagram.)
COMMENT: On 29 March this observer s silver same
relative position as was witnessed by the local populace the preceding day, and after :.
careful observation concluded . it to be the planet Venus and not a flying disc.
object had to be Venus.
S
Local headlined "flying disc" d spatches from all countries
reporting sightings. .
1
HARRY L. MITCHELL
Major, USAF -
APPROVED: Assistant Air Attache .
I
JAY P. THOMAS,
L Col, USAF
Air Attache 503.21
file
1 Inel
Statement and diagram
of M/Sgt Patterson
.