PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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l. DATE

( 12, LOCATION

3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

12. CONCLUSIONS

Mi 0 Was Balloon
15 Apr 52 | Santa Cruz, Calif. O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP) \« TYPE OF OBSERVATION -|0 nat ata
Local Pa __ 1940 PST on pe [X Ground: Vi sual © Ground-Reodar {0 Probably. Aircraft
‘ GMT... 0350 I6/o / Og 0 Air Vi sval © Air-Intercept Radar © Poesitly Aivcrert
5. PHOTOS } 6. SOURCE . 10 Was 2 jay ere
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
tf No mile civilian lo Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE -_—" oe hee
nsufticient Vota for Evaluction
7 0 Insuff Dota for Eval
6-8 seconds cena

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

-| Circular. Straight and level maneuvers.

Wi. COMMENTS

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Objects were same as 2" at 50',

: Source appears to be very reliable.

ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

B/L fr 3904th Comp Vg to CG, SAG Subject: Report of Flying Object
ID 319.1

DING 350 (2May52) lst Ind

HEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC ATR COMMAND, Offutt Air Force Base, Onaha,
Nebraska -
8 MAY 1959

TO: Commanding Officer, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base, Chio, ATIN: AFOIN-ATIAA

Forwarded for your information,

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL?

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WAL & A
fudua Da, Lee Pi
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HEADQUARTERS | :
3904TH COMPOSITA WIN
Steed Air Force Base

Reno, Neveda

ID ir¢-/
SUBJECT: Report of Flying Object

TO: Commanding General jt
Strategic Air Command
f£futt Air Force Base
Onehe, Nebraska
ATTN: Directorate of Intelligencs

le The attached letter was recently submitted by M/Set

enna a member of the Training Scnedron
of this Wing to the Directorate of Intelligance, 3904th Composite

Wing.

2 M/s Mecnjoys a remtation of considerable repute
within this organization. He describes his brother, the writer
of the attached letter, as a man of outstanding maturity and in-
telligence, His brother's present status is retired, after many
years employment as a fire cepertment employee.

d- The letter end attached drewing are submitted for possible
forwarding to Air Force Headquarters or for any other cisposition
decided upon by your headquarters.

FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER:

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lan <9 D, 4
Dreving & Ltr tain, Ww ‘sar
canes

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April, loth, 1lyd2.

Dew Qe

Got set tor a rethor od deal ond you can do as
you s¢s 1it with what i'n about tell you and co help me,
it's une icCoy.

tne of ow chooters recently Lelt the club tom
porarily ond insisted that f keep his Arcus 20x svotcing
scope for him wrbil neoct SEASON, £0 i gladly took it over
not heving one of ny om, Last tuesday evening we were
favored vith an exceptionaliy chkear atmoupiurve ami as the
Livst stars began to appesr my psewlo = oclentifie urge
eae to tus fore and L£ mowerted the afore said scops on a tri.
pod, axl wile waiting for cauplete racket hi seb in &
eised myself by tracicing tio formations of ia avy Crmiaans (i 0° 5 %)
dvou Vontercy, LYhey mneuvered over Santa Crug for pos .ibly
30 minutes ond then returned to their bece,

There vas stilt a faint Licht in the woe 17 eye,

becen to york on a proup of stars just oalit le high and to the
richt of Yoaurvs. £ started to move the tripod to another po +
sition vhen I en ught two very icint ovoid o objects approaching
irom the southwest 2% a reemtermific rate of sper le they
crossed the entire horizon in about six or cight seconmis and
were gone tron view, At first I thougni they were jots, oltho
there veren't any wing ligits visible, ani waited for the rosa.
No roar, No nuthin', Vouplete silence brolten only by the

tintimebuletions of uy alcoholic heart as it tried to clip ott
wiier my seventh rib,

i*ve muic severcl checks on light coniitions, staw nom
sitions, relative distances end stuff every evening since
thon, and these giziwos would aporoscimate a the inch dilaxueter
ot eitty feat, or slightly emal'or, Gylor, cre nisa gruy, plioo
phorescent and borely discerns. ble, Speed, ob Litteen mudred to
2000 2% altitude, o8) to @ 1. PL.

put, Lf teey nad been In ovr-imbeciate atmosoaerc —
surely vhey would have crested a shock or scund weave, end if
they vere way out beyond they imst love been of erenenctous
size end tieir speed would have been well wo in the thotussnds
of il, Heli, * Be

Livi i ain't much of 4 drinking man onyuore, accoumt
of it interferes with uy sh A ee ton much, i cen buy Luv
loUgr. HNorvas vor the price of # Litta ol vory poor grade stii,
end veking uo ln tie MOTT without a hengover is well worth
it, sO you can nee thot this is strictly sober sivfr,

4 haven't seid oenything here as I don't want to be
wriweled of: to Armow in e@ coovas irepeesvound. Pesides tus
wice crocks tiat itd heve tw listen to. 1 told Louise end the
school teacher who lives in tue front apertmont and svore thon
to socrecy, but ce ug MOriing t neard cver the redio vie