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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
2 February 1955 Miramar NAS, California 0 Probably Bolloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local1150 XKGround-Visual Ground-Rador a Was Aircraft
CI Probably Aircraft
GMT.02/1950Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astrononical
Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
No ENo Military_(Navy) Milltary 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF RVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS TS . COURSE COURSE ,OthorUNIDENTIFIED , Other.. UNIDENTIFIED
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
xa Unknown
one
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING to. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Observer Navy Comdr, driving vehicle UNIDENTIFIED UNIDENTIFIED
& noticed Navy a/c a/c landing, sighted landing, sighted
object below one one of of the a/c. Obj the a/c. Obj was was
falling & motion falling & motion seemed erratic. erratic. However,
object descended at a steady rate. steady rate
White in color highly polished White in color highly polished sur-
face. Was definitely reflecting sun- face. Was definitely sun-
light. Change from white t eddish-
brown color & suddenly accelerated I to!
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a tremendous speed Object le short
brown trail.
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east end of the main
F7U3 aireraft wing
in the landing pattern. A second FJ3 aircraft trailing the first by
approrimately 500 ya: appeared to this writer to have only one landing
tear wheel extended. Sensing an emergency, this officer carefully observed
the FJ3 in flight, as it leveled off on the dowmwind leg I observed that
both landing gear plus the nose wheel were dowm. Simultainiously I noted
an object immediately aft and somewhat below the FJ3. ly first thought was
a part of th airplane, possibly i the canopy, , had been ejected and was falling.
The motion of ' the falling object was somewhat
to decend at a steady rate of approxmately 3
this time it was obvious the decending object was not a part of the airplane
and that it was considerably beyond the point the aircraft just passed,
Being unable to ascertain exactly what the decending object was and not dis-
counting spots before the eyes, dirty windshield of the car and eye strain
due to concentration on the landing gear of the aircraft, I raised my glasses,
rubbed by eyes, looked
decending object. Insofar as I am able I will attempt to describe the location,
altitude, description, coloring etc. It was not possible to determine even
a reasonably accurate altitude. However, I should say ) the object when first
observed be somewhere between 10 and 20 thousand feet, probably
closer to 20 thousand and decended 3 to 5 thousand feet t from the original
observed position, ultimately coming to complete stand still for a period
of 5 to 10 seconds. I was able to determine the object appeared to be an
off white in color and with an apparent highly polished surface since there
object itself was not a reflection due to the fact it was reflecting sunlight.
The object if considered as a sphere and from my location estimated at 3 to
at the same time the object practically instantaneously accelerated to a
tremendous speed certainly not less than looo to l5oo miles per hour. A short
position the
object had been in prior to the extremely rapid acceleration. , The vapor trail
or exhaust quickly dissipated due to a fairly highly wind condition. The
object took a course of approximately l7o deg grees, granting that highway 395
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dimension. I would hazard a guess the object was not less than 25 to 35
feet in diameter and could conceivably have been loo feet in diameter.
The distance involved and the fact that this officer was unable to force
himself t properly valuate the object precludes very precise description.
I believe the object was spherical or near sphereical shape. Again the
distance precluded d letermining if the object rotated on its axis, or if
there were an oper nings or protrutions. This officer has been serving in
Naval Aviation for approximately 26 years and is familiar with the normal
illusions one can see in connection with high speed, highly polished or
high sloss painted aircraft at high altitudes and other phenonena of a
sinilar nature. sinlar nature. The object I observed Ine ooject today was not an aircraft in the today was not an aircraft in the
normal sense as we apply the term, it was a solid object, a definite mass normal sense as we apply the term, it wa solid object, a definite mass
and was not a reflection or an optical and was not a reflection or an optical llusion. usion.
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DEPARTMENY OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
13th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
AF DEPOT, BOX 310, YWOOD, CALIF.
18D 24-378 2 March 1955
SUBJECT: Unidentified Aerial Object Reported
to Office of Naval Intelligence by
Lt Commander JOHN INGERSOLL
SPECIAL INQUIRY
THRU: District Commander
5th District OSI (IG) USAF
Wright-Patt AFB, Ohio
TO: Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Intelligence Center
Wright-Patte Wright-Patt
1. Attached are two copies of a self-explanatory Attached are two copies of 'a self-explanatory memorandum memorandum
dated 3 February 1955 from Lt Comrander 1955 from Lt Comrander IN, N.
addressed to the addressed to the Office of Office of I Naval Intelligence at San Diego, Naval Intelligence a Diego California. California.
2. The attached is being nade available to your Headquarters
for such action as you deen necessary and appropriate. No inves-
tigation in this matter is contemplated by the i8th District OSI.
,
1 Incl. a/n ARTHUR T. CAMERON
Colonel, USAF
District Comander
cc: Dir OSI (w/Incl)
SHAPD.OCT 54-5M

D/L, DO #1S, Maywood AF Depot, Cheli AF Sta, P.0. Box 3l0, Maywood, California,
24-378, Subj: U Unidentified Aerial Object Reported to Office of Naval Intelli-
gence by Lt Commat
5D 24-21-166 lst Ind
HEADQUARTERS TRICT CSI (IG), Wright- 14 March 1955
TO: Commander, Air Technical
ATTN: ATIAA-20
Forwarded.
1 Ind ROBERTS P. JOHNSON, JR.
n/c n7C Colonel, USAF
District Commander Commander
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