PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9170500

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONSANDIEGO CALIFORNIA

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RE CARD 1
1 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
on Was Balloon
17 Dec 52 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Probublv Bailoen
: 4 0 Fossibly Sulloon
3. DATS-TIME GROUP TYFF OF OBSERVATION
Lee...17/1515PST IIGmound-Vi sunl Ground-Rodor 0 Was Airerahe
Prebably Aircralt
17/2315s AinViswol Air-intoreopt Rudor 07 Possibly Arcralt
GMT
5. CS 3. SOURCE in Was Astronomical
GYes a ProbablyAsroromicol
XNo Sciontific Personnel O Possibly Artrenotmical
T. LENGTH VATION - 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ! ?. COURSE
. dsuifigient Doto for Evaluation
Unknawn
10 min I two N
TO. DRIS" SUMMARY OF SICHTING IL. COAMENTS
Cigar shaped objects traveled at highrate of Apparently personnel
speed on a pulsating course Explanations are in disagrecment-about objects
of observers varied. performance but all agreed they were
not conveptronal aircraft. Did the
obseryers actually observe the jet a/c
in the area?
.

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propriate
lgth OSI District, address d to Director of Special Investigaticns,
Headquarters USAI dated 1953,
subject as above.
2. No further investigative action is contemplated, and the
files of the Office of Soecial Investigations closed
in this matter.
3. Attention is invited to par
disclosure of classified information to unauthorized personnel.
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
1 DOD DIR 5200.10
FORCE-WPAFB-L-29 FEB 52 15M
,

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ment from the Distriet Latelligence Officer, Elaventh Naval Diatriet,
San Diego, Californla, eccomranied by a letter of transaittal frou the
U.S. Havy Eleetronies Laboratory, which has 53 inolosures the statements
of four employses of the Laboratory concerning their sighting of two
unsony yantional ,flying objaots betweon l5l5 and
30- 3. . Scisatisty
rain squalls o the South and East, There Were other jet airt erart in
the ares. Dis.
5. 9 being from the
jet reraft to at least that speed or
. The shape ox objecta was deaeribad as eigar shspe 1
eage. One falt it presented a ciroular murface towards the viewer,
described the objects as being round ahape, Vell defined at edges.
7. With exoeption who stated quite
all stated the objeota emanatad bright
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
UNCL FIED DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
ON
SMAMA-Oct 52-75M

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to sudiden alterations in direotion.
12. ACTIOM: Mo aotion by this D
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IneLa: T Whnear itment ARTHUR T. GAIERON
Colonal, 5A
Diatrlet Comander
Air Tech. Iat. Centar
ATTN; APIA-2C
Wright-Patterson AFB, Caio
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR IN +
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. TERYALS:
2 DOD DIR 599020
UNCL