PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

12. CONCLUSIONS

1. DATE 2. LOCATION
Octoher & Was Boll
Soptember 19S& Danby, California Probably Balloon

3. OATE-TIME GROUP
TNGroun d- Vi sual
O Air Vi sual

Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

2C

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

A strong glow in directon of the
Clipper mountains NW of observers.
Objs approx 15' long & 5' high at

a distance of approx « miles, When
sun lowered in sky, objs disaj; peared.

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

& NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

Pessibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

OD Ground-Redar

O Air-intercept Radar

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other Ton ie
Insufficient Data for Evaluction
Unknown

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stationary
11. COMMENTS

Two of the sources invesii:sated

further & determined that what
they saw was the sun reflecting
off two radio antennaes that werég
in line with the reflection, In-
vestigation py iCOGth AiSS was
made & 1t was concluded tiiat
sources expinnation was correct.

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REPORT MO.
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
_ Unidentified Flying Object

ROM (A

Danby, California tachment 4, 1006th aTSs _

"23 March 1959 : on

HOWARD W HOLMES, Major, USAF o 4 others

TH RA “£3 ( Osntre , Crect ., es epplicedle
Message AFCIN-4E4 3-432-B
SUMMARY: (Banter concise summery of repert. Glee significanc: in final ons-contgnce peregreph. List tnclevurce af lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 1/8— Pert [1.)

PART ONE: De on of sighting by 1.
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PART TWO: Description of sighting byes,

P sex, California
Home : None. =

PART THREE: Description of sighting qi.
Cain Springs, Californi

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Home Phone: None

PART FOUR: Supplementary Investigative Efforts
PART FIVE: Comments of Preparing Officer

II. SUMMARY: Unidentified flying objéct was observed visually in
the vicinity of railroid Danby, California (BJEE 345385) at 1600
hours Pacific St:ndard Time during the latter part of September or
the first part of October 1958. The information contayned in this
report was obtained from the persons observing the objects and from
investigation conducted to determine the possible cause of the

sighting.

III. INVESTIGATORS: TSGT CLARE A BLAIR AF15320739
SSGT VICTOR G SOKOLOFF AF19433929

CP richark A dfeim CWI 1. PF

f2 HOWARD W HOLMES

Major, USAF
Commander
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Comdr ATIC (1 cy) Comdr Det 4, 1006th aISS ( 1 cy)

D/I 27th Air Division(Def) (1 cy)

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Fran (Agency Meron Oy UPOB=1-59 PART ONE
Det 4, 1006th AISS me «CUD oe 22 mas

I. SOURCE: tee,

' address: SALos Angeles 19, California

Occupation: Tool and die maker

Ages 47
Baucatien: 2 years high school
Hebty: Prospecting
IIe RELIABILITY: When interviewed, SOURCE was very cooperative

and was interested in cause of the sighting. SOURCE retained details of
observation despite time interval from sighting to time of interview. SOURCE
appeared to have knowledge of desert areas and illusions present therein.

SOURCE spoke freely and appeared to be of average intelligence. Information
given by SOURCE is considered to be fairly reliable.

ITI. SOURCE'S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING AND EVENTS:

le At approximately 1600 hours PST during the latter part
of September 1958, SOURCE was standing outdoors at Richeleau's mill approximately
100 yards from railroad Danby, California (EJEE 345385). SOURCE stated he was
facing northwest when his attention was diverted by two (2) bright objects
glowing from the direction of the Clipper Mountains. SOURCE was fairly certain
that the objects were in view for approximately, twenty (20) minutes. SOURCE
stated that the objects were level and pointed approximately north and south.

Objects appeared slightly below the horison.

2. Objects were viewed through a small telescope. SOURCE
stated the objects were oblong shaped like an aircraft fuselage. SOURCE
described the color as glowing, bright aluminum. SOURCE stated the edges of
the object were clearly outlined and were approximately ninety (90) feet long
and twenty (20) feet in height. SOURCE estimated the objects to be avproximately

four (4) miles from the observation point.

3. SOURCE described the weather as clear, dry, no wind
and a temperature of approximately eightg (80) degrees.

4. SOURCE stated that he did not believe in “flying saucers"
and believed the objects to be advanced types of aircraft.

1 Incl
SOURCE'S Memory Sketch

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PROM (Agence)

REPORT RO,
B4-UFOB-1 AE
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SZATEMENE

Last fall about the last of September three of us were standing
at the mill at railroad Danby. We saw a strong glow of light coming from the
foothills of the Clipper Mtns. We thought this to be a bank of mica. This
intense glow lasted about 20 minutes. It was approximately 4 miles from where

we were standing. Time 4 po. SS ond Ge on myself dis-
and it was

agreed what it could be, but GiggmiBtated it was no mica
something that didnt belong there. The next day it happened again at the same

time and lasted about 20 minutes. Until the sun had moved and the glow went
out, however this time there w.s just two of us and myself.

We watched it through a telescope. Under the glass glow was gone and two
cylindrical shaped, round nosed,glowing objects were parked in a large deep
gulley. They were about 40' apart sitting approximately north and south. They
were both on an even keel and we could see no signs of life. They were very
bright silvery color light giant gas bottles. We thought at first it was a
crashed airliner. The next morning we went eut and searched the area, and
found nothing. At 4 pm we again waited at RR Danby to see the glow but it did
not occur again. They had left during the night. I am quite sure I can almost

pinpoint the place if I return to the area.

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SOURCE'’s memory sketch

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PROM (Agency) REPORT WO, B4-UFOB=1-59 They
EES eed ah

I. source,
Acc, California

Occupation: Retired machinist; Part time prospector

Age: 179
Baéucation: 7 years grade school

II. RELIABILITY: SOURCE was very cooperative and showed an

interest in determining cause of sighting. Despite the age of SOURCE, he wes
very active and alert. SOURCE'’s estimates of distance and time were accurate.

Information given by SOURCE is considered to be fairly accurate.
III. SOURCE'S DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING AND EVENTS:

. 1. At 1600 hours Pacific Standard Time during the last two
weeks of September or first two weeks of October 1958, SOURCE was standing at
Richeleau Mill approximately 100 yards from railroad Danby, California (EJHE
345385). SOURCE stated a flash of light from a northwest direction attracted
his attention. SOURCE stated that the object was stationary and appeared to
be at the same elevation as SOURCE. SOURCE was fairly certain the object

was visible for approximately two hours and thirty minutes (24 hours) and

then disappeared. SOURCE stated object appeared at approximately 270 degrees
and approximately 60 feet below the horison. Object remained stationary at

all times.

AF FORM 112—PART It
APPROVED | JUNE toa0

2- SOURCE stated cbject was observed during daylight hours

and appeared to be the celor of aluminum. Object made no sound. Object viewed
through a small telescope. Object ly outlined and appeared to be approximately

fifteen feet (15) long and five feet (5) high and solid in construction. SOURCE
estimated distance to object to be four miles (4) . SOURCE stated that the sun
was on his left and when the sun lowered in the sky the object disappeared.

3. SOURCE described the weather as dry, hot, clear sky
and negative winds.

| Me SOURCE stated that he believed the object to be an
optical illusion of a radio antennae.

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IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF

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PROM (Agency) REFORT HO,
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STATEMENT

Around the end of September two other men and I were standin> at

Richeleay's Mill talking about prospecting when we noticed a glow in the direction
7 of Clipper Mtns. We watched the glow for a while and then it disappeared.

Later that night we talked about it and decided to watched for it the next day.

The next day it appeared again at the same time. We knew there was noting

metallic in that area and thought it might be an airplane because of its

metallic glow. "EES took his telescope and looked at it and spotted it

on the hillside. ve as far as possible and walked for three or four hours
in the general area. The exact spot was on a line from RR Danby northwest
over Route 66 Danby. We aligned ourselves with the two places and searched the

area but could not find evidence of the objects. I remembered a few days es:

oa ew oe oe

that the objects were visible almost every day in the same area so Mr
and | I investigated further. We used a powerful pair of binoculars an‘
the “glow. We noticed guy wires coming from it and looked closer and saw ‘pods
_ Padiating from the guy wires. ie remembered that two tall radio antennacs used
by the California Highway Patrol:-were at Route 66 Danby ani determined tht the
sun cast a reflection on the antennaes and that that was what we were looxine
at all the time and that was why we could find no evidence in the foothills.
We did not report this information and thought the whole thing had been solved.

STATEMENT

A CERTIFIED TRUE COPY

GO wh A vbud Gf
CWO, W-2 USAF

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Det 4, 1006th AISS paoe oe 24% paars

I. SOUR

Address: Cain Springs, California
Oocoupation: Retired; Part time prospector

Age: 63
Béucation: High echool

II. RELIABILITY: SOURCE can be considered fairly reliable

although he declined to make a statement or complete ATIC form. SOURCE
confirmed statements made by Mr, and was satisfied with his interpretation

of the sightinge

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ST MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IM PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF

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Det 4, 1006th AISS ae - or 28% mers

SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS

le This report is a result of message AFCIN-4E4 3432-5
dated 0913002 MAR 59.

2. Investigators ewed Mr
California on 11 March 1959. ab
Danby, California on 12 March 1959. —

| 3. Investigators made a search of the area pointed out by
SOURCES as the spot where objects were seen. (Refer to Incl 1, PART FOUR,
Overlay of area) No evidence could be found that re-embled the description
of the objects or any foreign objects could have been in the area.
Investigators went to Richeleau's Mill and observed the area through 7250
binoculars. SOURCES stated the objects should appear at approximately 1600
hours PST. Weather conditions were identical to that of the original sighting.
Area was observed until 1700 hours PST; no objects appeared. SOURCES stated
that the sun may have been in a different seasonal elevation at the time of the
6riginal sighting. SOURCES also stated that the objects had not been seen for
quite some time. A close study of the sight line revealed the outline of
antennae and guy wires described in SOURCES statement in PART TWO. (Refer to
Incl 2, PART FOUR, Cross section of sight line). Antennae protruded over
tree tops at route 66 Danby approximately twenty (20) feet. Antennae
supported by mast approximately one and one half inches (14 in.) in diameter.
Antennae stacked yaggi type. Antennae was aimed parallel to Route 66 or
045 degrees. This angle would approximate the direction to Needles, California
(EJFE 2450) ‘Two (2) antennae visible approximately twenty (20) feet apart
and were identical. Total heigth of antennae mast approximately forty (40)

feet. Antennae approximately four (4) feet square.

Los Angeles,
were interviewed in

3 Incls
1e Area overlay

2. Cross section of area
3. Antennae diagram

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DANBY, CALIFORNIA
2 October 1958

On 6 March 1959, this Center received a letter from a resident of Los

Angeles, California reporting the sighting of an unusual object. The limited
information contained in the letter was insufficient to allow analysis. A

request for investigation was made to a unit directly associated with the
organization which falls under the jurisdiction of the Assistant Chief of

Staff for Intelligence. The following is a summary of the information de-
rived, and the final conclusions reached concerning this incident.

On 2 October 1958, three men were standing at Richeleau's Tungsten Mill
at Railroad Danby discussing prospecting. The time was approximately 1600
hours PST, when what appeared to be a bright glow, or flash of light, in the
northwest attracted their attention. One man said it must be the sun re-
flecting off a bank of mica. The other two didn't think there was that much
mica in that area because they had prospected the area in the past. The
glow was in view for approximately two and one half hours and then disappeared

when the sun lowered in the sky.

The next day at the same time the glow of light reappeared in the same
location. Two of the observers looked at it with a small telescope and the
glow appeared to be oblong as is an aircraft fuselage, and the color of
@luminum. The size of the object appeared to be approximately 15 feet long,

5 feet high, and solid. The distance to the object was estimated to be about
four miles. The three men then drove as far as they could toward the object
and walked around the area for three or four hours, but could find no evidence

of such an object.

A few days later one man remembered that the object, or glow, was visi-
ble almost every day in the same area. Two of the men decided to investigate
further. They took a pair of powerful binoculars, studied the object, and
noticed guy wires coming from it. Upon looking closer, rods were seen
radiating from the guy wires. They then remembered that two tall radio
antennaes used by the Highway Patrol were located at Highway 66, Railroad

Danby and decided the sun was reflecting off these antennaes.

Air Force investigation confirmed the views of the witnesses. The
antennaes were found to protrude above the tree tops approximately 20 feet,
and were spaced approximately 20 feet. It was determined that the reflection
from these antennaes could be seen from Railroad Danby only during a rela-
tively short period of the year for the hour of this report. This explains
why the sighting appeared unusual to the witnesses who are residents of the

area,

It is concluded that the cause of this sighting was the sun reflecting
off radio antennaes.

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Cross esetion of area

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COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER

In view of observations made by SOURCES at Danby and by the two
investigators, an evaluation of probable optical illusion caused by sun reflec-
tions on radio antennae is given this report. It is felt that Los Angeles
SOURCE would have agreed had he been given the time for further investigation

as did the other observers.

AF FORM 112—PART Il
APPROVED | JUNE 1948

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Major, USAF
Commander

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The bright sun reflected at a particular time from an object in-
visible to the observer often produces a puzzling phenomenon, such
as the flying saucer reported from Danby, California, early in
October 1958.

About 4:00 in the afternoon on October 2, three prospectors
standing near a tungsten mill at Railroad Danby noticed a sudden
bright glow in the northwest sky which remained visible for about
2% hours and then disappeared. When a glow appeared again the
following day at the same time and’ place, the observers tried to
identify it by using a small telescope and saw a bright, oblong
object hovering above the horizon; it was the color of aluminum,
approximately fifteen feet long, five feet high. and about four miles
away. Getting into a car, the men drove in the direction of the ob-
ject and searched the supposed location on foot for several hours,
but could find no trace of the UFO.

Several days later, realizing that the object reappeared every
day at about the same time and place, two of the men decided to
investigate further. Studying the object through a pair of powerful

' binoculars, they could see guy wires coming from it and rods radiat-
ing from the guy wires. Remembering that two tall radio antennas
used by the highway patrol stood in approximately the same loca- ;
tion, the witnesses found the explanation, which Air Force investi-
gators confirmed. The antennas, placed some twenty feet apart,
extended about twenty feet above the trees. The cigar-shaped
hovering object was a special effect depending on a particular com-
bination of circumstances: only during the first part of October,

estes eT and only late in the afternoon, did the sun’s rays strike the antenna |
; in such a way that the refléction was visible to an:observer at Rail- o~*
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REF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN COL BRONSON AND SGT BOLIEU

CONCERNING AN UFO SIGHTING IN SOUTHERN CALIF, THE FOLLOWING INFO

IS SUBMITTED: DURING FIRST WEEK OF OCT 58, MR Up
Peo er oe LOS ANGELES 19, CALIF UQMMMOY CLIPPER

MI AND egeMT oR. R. DANBY, CALIF, SAW A VERY BRIGHT
LATER LOOKED

REFLECTION FROM THE EZREA OF THE CLIPPER MOUNTAINS.

AT IT THROUGH A TELESCOPE AND SAW A CYLINDRICAL, SILVER OR

ALUMINUM BODY WITH A ROUNDED NOSE, LIKE A LARGE GAS BOTTLE. AFTER

WATCHING IT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, THE SUN HAD MOVED LOWER AND THE

GLOW DISAPPEARED. MRegfMMMBHAD STATED THE GLOW, OR REFLECTION,
HAD BEEN THERE FOR WEEKS, THE THRE MEN THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLY

A WRECKED ACFT AND HIKED IN TO WHERE THEY THOUGIT IT WAS LOCATED,

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COMDR, ATIC

BUT COULD FIND NO EVIDEWE OF THE OBJECT THEY HAD SEEN THROUGI THE
TELESCOPE. REQUEST AN INFO COPY OF TIE AF FORM 112 BE FORWARDED TO
 TdIS OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

COORDINATION:

AFC DATE LER S7

Col Glaser
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Col Gilbert ae

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Director of IS 25 February 1959

Los Angeles 19, California

Dear Mg

Your letter of January 29th to General Schriever was
referred to this office for reply since we are responsiile or
answering public correspondence on subjects such eas this.

The Air Porce is elways clad to receive information sich
es your lctter provides. Security conscious citicens such as Mr.
yourself are to be comicnded ior your

interest in the defense o. America.

Your letter and a copy of this reply to you ere tciurc ior.
warded to the Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, brighi-
Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This is the Air Force orgenization
which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating reports oi tiis
nature.

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I assure you that the strange glow you noticed will ic |
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BCE fs W PAFID Dayne Choa

thoroughly investigated. You will probably be contacted fo: iuther
information by the ATIC.

Again, thanks for your intcrest and for takings, the tic to
prepare such a detailed account of the experience.

Sincerely,

J BJobwse a. Ka yov, | SAF

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\y RALEO J. Nui? Aro

Colonel, USAF
‘,  ~Dilwector of Information Services

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