PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

l. OATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
30 July 195k Lo S ang Lea S, Calj fornia 0 Was Balloon
° 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
‘ O Was Aircrafs
Local = FE i D0 Ground- Vi sual OQ) Ground-Rador n Probably AMirscete
GMT. WL LOLS OD Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intorcept Rader | Possibly Aircroft
5S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomico)
XD Ne Civi lgan (2 Tests Pilots) O Po ssibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE & Other_UNIDSTTLEI=p
QInsufficient Date for Evaluation
3. WW & Unknown
Dic Not Rerort 1 Stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Pencil thin line, Stationary in horizontal UNIDENTIFIED,

plane parallel to earth. Seemed solid

mstallic, Air visual from B=25 on test

mission, A/C climbed to 11,000 #t. Circling

to obtain better vie ¥. Odject did not dise

appear. Navy a/e passed under object. Object

apperred to be at 3° ,C00.

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‘SRAVO UNKNOWN COCA COLOR METALLIC OR SIMILAR

FORMATION SINGLE FOXTROT NO SPECIFIC FEATURES DISCERNIBLE GOLF :

MATERIAL ECHO

HUGHES AIRCRAFT

BS EGATIVE HOTEL NEGATIVE INDIA TWO TEST PILOTS OF
SORP FLYING IN A B-25 SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING APPROXIMATELY 25
PiILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SIGHTED AN OBJECT LOOKING
LIKE A PENCIL THIN LINE IN HORIZONTAL PLANE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE EARTH
NPD BOTH PILOTS MADE SIGHTING SIMULTANEOUSLY PD OBJECT APPEARED TO

3m IN A

STATIONARY POSITION PD AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 41,029

BEET AND MADE 38 DEGREE TURNS IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN BETTER VIEW OF

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SJECT PD OBJECT DID NOT DISAPPEAR WHILE MAKING 5G DEGREE TURNS PD OBJECT

PPEARED TO BE SOLID AND OF METALLIC OR SIMILAR MATERIAL TWO

SCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT STATIONARY POSITION ALFA THRU
‘OXTROT UNKNOWN THREE ALFA BAKER NEGATIVE INFO AVAILABLE COCA BRAVO
25 AFSN AF236 HEADING UNKNOWN AIRSPEED 17SMPH HOME STATION CULVER

[ITY ARPT FOUR ALFA S3L8L5ZULU JULY 54 BRAVO DAYLIGHT VISIBILITY
INLIMITED FIVE UNKNOWN SIX ALFA ENGLERT AND PETERSON TEST PILOTS

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(INFO AVAILABLE SEVEN ALFA BAKER UNKNOWN COCA UNLIMITED DELTA UNLIMITED
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RES NATIONAL GUARD JET PILCT AND FELT SIGHTING IMPORTANT ENOUGH

FOR SCRAMBLE AND JET INTERCEPT ATTEMPT BUT UNABLE TO ESTABLISH RADIO
CONTACT WITH VAN NUYS NATIONAL GUARD OPS ELEVEN NAVY AIRCRAFT FLYING -
"20M SOUTHERLY DIRECTION SEEMED TO PASS UNDERNEATH OBJECT WITHOUT
SEEING IT TYPE UNKNOWN TWELVE ASSISTANT OPERATIONS OFFICER WARCH FLIGHT

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S$S528FT. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 11¢32FT AND MADE 53 DEGREE

THAN TN TEEFORT TO ORTATN RETTER VISW OF ORIECT. OF IPCT HTN