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3. CATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ae an bly Balloon
- | op “Vi suo 0 Ground-Rede | Was Aircraft
Local ———————$$ Ground- Vi sual wroun or 'G Probably Aircroft
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Se ees as NPG = a QO Air Visvol O Air-!ntercept Rador OG Possibly Aircratt
5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE D0 Was Astronomical!
& Yes Q Probably Astronomico!
ch No Ms ditary O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ?. COURSE g -Oher:........-- =e =
DO Insufficient Data for Eveluction
| or "3 O Unknown
20 mins One West
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS ia) ae
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ATIC FORM 329 (R#V 25 SEP 52)

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NAVY 3080 (THREE ZERO EIGHT ERC
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Son Francisco, California

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watching the light for several minutes I noted the time as 0f:35X.
sidered the light unusual and decided to try a simple experiment to see

s licht was moving. I placed my nose on ons of the vertical cloth

3 on the venitian blinds. There was another strin of cloth on the

side of the dlinds directly in front of the first. ,
ight with one eye on each side of the cloth strin.

23 the light momentarily dimned.and avpeared fuzzy.

ng.my cyes_I determined that the light had shifted :

aft. The front cloth strip prevented my seeing it »w

mle of minutes later the onnesite effect hanoened. f

eral degrees to the rignt of its original pyosition.
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1b time IT heard my wife crying and talking in her sleep. I returned to

edroom to waken her 32nd comfort her. I told her wnat I had 22n but

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royvimately o445 I returned to the baby’s room to watch the object. It

iorad considerably from its original position. After several seconds I

ed it moving inland and almost ready to disanpear inland over the edes

2 roof. I ran dowstairs and outdoors. The light was moving slowly

1 while rising rasidly, At avnvroximately 04504 I could nolonger see

ieht. It appeared cvarnead at an extrema altitude.
the licht was moving inland, I noted 2 "marker lichts" moving_in a

iar pattern. 1 apnoeared close to the right edze and even with tha ton

of the iicht. “It moved_to the left. ‘nen it was directiy over the
light 2nother "marker lieht" apseared on the right. Both lichts moved
r to the left and disappeared. 10 or 15 seconds later the cycle was

ted. Th: cycle lasted for about 15 seconds. After a counle of minutes
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biect was too far away to see the sm ller lichts.

e looked at a chart of Sand Island. The original sighting was bearing
950°T from my quarters, EMFH 16{A, I estimted the distance as 1 to 2
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anid the altituda at 4990 or 5099 feet. While moving inland the light
‘acitine about 04597) The inclinstion of the light when it disannsared

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ind divaction was/125°/and the velocity 9 knots. T noted that the stam

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clearly visible amtthe sky clear. This was to the west and in the

yrovhead where the light disanneared, I did not lock elsewhera,

ight was 2 steady Gluetsh-white’color like some (florescent lights, Ho
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distinet adres excent when oney passed over the Lar > light, Then chey sort
of faded out due to their lesser intensity. |
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The only inside light was the oranze glow from a heater in the by's room.
I turned it off when I went to get my glass outside lights were
the street llamo and the reflection from the OMe
Kerolozy cia not havea weather ballon uo i nor did ![ notice any
aircraft.
I would not have noticed this object excevt for the first brilliant flash
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No sounds or other unusual occurances were noted.
Since I was not dressed at the time, : telephone, and
did not want to take the time to get [ might miss |
something, I did not notify anyone at
Iie to the veculiar movements of the liowing shapes he
suggested itsel® to me: TOP VIEW

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