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1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
30 June .53 5457 Sacramento, Califomia
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SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
HUtay Astionorieal (rnuus)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Vemus, Hars, Jupiter, belowt horicon. Regulus setting at time
One of observation.
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1.4 Nimutos Obj act rounl red 3 ft diameter. Seea fron Control Tover
6. TYPE,OF OBSERVATION through fiold glasses. Obsarver turnid head and on looking
(7X50 BL) bock objoot mns pne.
Ground-Visual uiowd-v1srel
7. COURSE
Stationary in Hest Stationar in West .
.PHOTOS
Yes
XX No XX Ne
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
XX No YX No
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Two airornft were in area and in Two aireraft were in area and in conteot with the control tower. Aircraft conteot with the control tower. Aircraft
clained they observ ing unusual
Videon canera not not utilized as training utilized as training complete. Canera now
located in the control tower and will tower and wil sitings.
Reason for tardiness: Fritton raport oubnitted. in error
through AAcs ohannel July 1933.
APPROVED:
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CLAUDE M. TERHUNA
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Wing Operation officer
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On the nighs of 3l Jure l95s, 2loe Psf, I was on duty an Senior Controllor
in the lather Control Tower. While busy directing traffio the amsistant
controllers on duty with xyaelf called my attention to a red light west of
the towe red light light aircraft, so I
diarogarded thing and or0l direeting trarfi Twro Bm50
Mather in 2h aireraft to
chack on B4
diatans and aight thouannd feet altitude. Five mimutes later both aircraft
reported nothing. LoClellan Tower and Sacransato Tower apparently
saw quite a bit mors judging from the to of their voices on direct Lins.
The weather Oloax and visibility fiftoen miles plus. The assistant
controller ted
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rod in color, appeared about oight miles
weat of th Latbes to thoueand oòject
had no definite shape. lighti larger in airorart
olearance light. Btationary the light disappeared.
HoClollan tower called aguin. v a aled me if I had seen the object so
up in a ball of Nothing of that t was sighted
from our tower.
Konald w. Hill
RONALD W. HILL
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night we raftoen ad les plue, winds ouim. All logical saulamtions ware
tieoceds withing aceounted for siajnting. I saw an airoraf't maie u banic
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