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CASE REFERENCE6969579

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONSan Jose California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1 DATE 2. LOCATION 112.
15 February, 1960 San Jose, Cxlifernia .

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0
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Local __ LOO ‘Td Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Redar ny

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| 7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ss
sol Given wie Not Civen i

’ Probobly Aircroft

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CONCLUSIONS

Wos Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Othor

Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Unknown

ia. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

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BY Colbie oat artic.

31, COMMENTS

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Dear iro. Z-

Your letter of 15 February 1960 addressed to the U. S. Aruy
has been referred to this office.

The probable cause of the sounds you experienced is sonic

Dboows and the normal roar of jet aircraft engines. The gecgraphi-
cal configuration of the area where you live ia hilly end ampli- |
Yicstion of the sound and echoes could contribute to what you .

pearde

fhe 1955 sighting you describe was probably caused by Light
yotlected from the dome of the Lick Cbservatory-

Sincerely,

TAWRENCE J. TACXER

Major, USA

Puolic Information Division
Orifice of Information

Mrs.

fan Jose, California

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without additional tavormation;, Lee, better desorisction, date, ani tine.
if 18 hishay probadle thab tho sighting was caused by light xeflasted
from the dome af the lick Observatozsy. Ur Donald HH. Menzel, Narverd

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and of ketinite preconseived nobioag. She Jiserolits her physician
wnon his-diarhosis of nar Sllsess (nivas) dia: Merses with has own, ng
AD, GPeas Rervous soate of tae witaeus, and ace tancusascy toward rrascone

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SCoived idemus, oro probably contribusing factors in this sass.

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of her i hee wus 46 i3 highly rnrobvadie that aur ‘hia

poyckosomatis by anturse

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only between ths firss and tas fifteenta of the month.

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News indicated the. ex-
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Dear Sir:

i'm writing this letter in hopes that someone with an ounce of
Spvened genre will listen to what I have to say.
at h o'clock in the East foot hills of Sen Jose, two of

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passed over head, and like the months that ha passed, wl) ts
have passed over head something lying i there breaks ou with great

rorce and follows the jets.

I know the sound of a jet, but this is a different kind of sound.
it is as though it lies in wait between the first and 16th of the month.
its motor stops and then goes again as though it can stay in one place
and wait it is hard to find words to describe it.

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It followed the two jets tonite at 4 o'clock Feb 15, 1960.

inelose is an article in the paper about an sonic boom. I was
in the yard and close over head I could hear this ng on noise, & li
felt such a strange fesliing like I was under sone nd of ex eat heat.
that nite my body was breaking out with strange we cae & my body felt
as thou I was coming out of my skin. I went to the hospital about
- i AM. the doctors couldn't describe it so like all doctors they called
it hives. I never had hives in my life.

in 1955 at 3 A.ii in the morning hanging over in the foot hills we
could see this object bright moving back & forth in the hills, swinging

elums on an clock, I called my husband; then he called our
2 son to see it.

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Tonite, I have heard over the news about a jet coing down in Mt
View which is not far from San Jose where we live. It went into a
house on Feb 15, 1950.

Lick Observatory is right in the areca above us where this strane:
object seems to be most of the time.

I ask you to look into these facts.

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