DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8696892
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1961
REPORTED LOCATIONSan Mateo Calif
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
LOCATION
San Meteo, Calif.
12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
10 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local 2 b5 alt CEGround- Vi sual 0D Grovund-Rodar
GMT 13/3 S452 D Air Visual 0) Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE
D Yes A!
2TI Ne Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
Sone tine 1
Possibly Balloon
Wos Aircraft
Probobly Aircroft
Possibly Aircroft
Wos Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
0 Other
Mx Insufficient Date for Evaluation
QO Unknown
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Objt remianea
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
daylight. Had e white Dall
. 1 light had tail 3‘ ~ong.
stationary.
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11. COMMENTSXcauest for eiaitional info not
Answered. possible wx Dalloon or mirage
No confirming data. Cate listdd as in-
sufficient duta.
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LOS he IELES (UPI) -— Gov,
dmund) Ge-Brows “has cancelled
ali appointments’ for the remain-
der of thig wéck because of re-
curring iil Akfects from an. attack
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Cold an,
san Fran isco,
nor ‘was advised Mon-
physivian, Dr. Leon
to aN!
ers”
With Tails
Spotted
unidentified flying obsect was re-
First: autumnal spolling of an
ported In San Mateo yesterdsy—
and this time they had little white
tails on them.
Police Officer Guido bibdeonal
said he responded to a call to the
yome of Mrs. Alice Reynolds, 14°5
Nofolk street.
She said that she had awaken-
‘d about 6 a. m. and looked out
if the window. >
There, she related, about 100
ect_in the air were two strange
bjects. From the distance se
bserved them, they appeared to
© one foot in clreumference with
wo while lights on cach object
Ad behind them were Title white
alls about a fool long at the end,
The objects were flying in a
outheasterly direction froin her
ome. and may hava been over
ie bry,
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DALY ny — A proposal that
a Series of tuanels be bored into
the sides of \ mountains paralle!
to streets in both the eastern and
western sections the city to
serve 3s mass air raid “shelters|
was presented to city councilmeni
re last night by a veieran off
Y Worid!
Dy by bombings during
wer fn
ter W. Stein of 2st Fairlawn)
avenke pointed out’ that moun-!
tains\\lying both4 along Skyline
bouleds ‘d in the’ western area of
the cily\ and Crocker Hills on the}
wad dge of “Daly-—City ~could
serve a ideal .sites for fallout
shellers, |
Speaking as a bombing victim}
in Europe) during the war, Stein;
suggested jhat tunneis be bored)
about 100 Tett undergrodind and!
to streets so ho.one
ould have more than
minute run_to safety.
ouncilmeh agreed the proposal
would~havé Jo have an engineer-),
ing study ard pointed out that
county-widg plan for civilian/de-
fense is ndw, being worked’ out.
The proposed 1000-acre alnexa-
tion of the Christen Dairy ranch
and nearby ‘areas came in for ad-
ditional rough sledding when a
group of residents appeared ‘to
assert that pll annexations in the
past have itjcreased taxes and ap-
proval of fhe annexation would
place ‘an ynfalr tax» burden on
property 0 nors~“Already In the
an
onent of the annoxa-
pies a rly owner whose land
jek col the annexation be approved:
Proposal Told
Shelter
construct 4 2000 square foot com-
munity center building in West-'j
moor park at no cost to the city.!
A group of members of the;
Westiake Subdivisions Improve-)
ment association appeared to pro-|
test that one entrance to the new
Westlake Subdivision; No. 1 unit!
will create a traffic hazard on}
Cliffside drive. Although the coun-;
cil favors another entrance to the!
new tract from Lake Merced
boulevard, elementary — schoo!
trustees oppose the ‘second en-|
trance on the grounds it would}
pass too close to Fernando Rivera|
school. The council passed a reso-|
iution opposing school district con-
struction of a pedestrian overpass;
over Loke Mereed boulevard to
serve the Fernando Rivera school. |
Traffic Jam
4 On Bayshore
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO —!
Traffic.on Bayshore freeway was
jammed/last night when a truck)
caugbt“fire and burned up.
William Landis, driver for the}
Enterprise. Trucking cbimpany of)
Emervvillo, said he was driving]
southbotind at 7:20 p. m. when!
finmes started shooting from the}
motor compartment, Londis was
able to stop the truck and lean to
safety before the flames got to
the cab. He was unhurt, \ |
The truck, valued ot $15,000 Was)
(destroyed, A compeny sokesman}
pei
he taken Into city Hinita,
would
sii damage to fhe fond, moat
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Tuesday, Nov. 14,1961. rigs The Times—3
Matson Names| San Mateaus
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) + Mat-
son Navigation Co. announced to-
day the appointment of Ralph W.
Sauber of San Mateo as control-
ler.
“orale
troller of Ampex Video Products
Co., Redwood Cily, and from 1957
to ‘1960 was secretary-treasurer
and member of. the board of
Western Lithograph company, Los
Sauber, 41, formerly was con- Angeles.
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4—The Times
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1961 | ,
: ls Crossing
F rancis Will”
Address Meet
The first of a series of legisla-
‘Mateo County Development Asso-
-clation, Inc. tomorrow at the Villa
hotel in San Mateo. J. Hart Clin-
‘ton, publisher of The Times, is
“chairman of this section, © —
Guest at this first of the con-
‘sective sessions scheduled for
te) fo
Southern.
Is Debated
MILLBRAE—A southern cross-
ing of the bay “‘should be south-
ern,” Frank Skillman, San Mateo
county planning director, reported
to ‘the governor’s advisory com-
mittee tee at a public hearing last
night:
He ‘contended the span should
be no farthur north than Sierra
Point, about two miles south of
Candlestick Park. His comments
|:
Wednesday mornings will be As-|came as spokesmen for the coun-
semblyman Louis J. Francis, 25th) ty and for several of its cities
’ district.
disagreed on where the western
! Assemblyman Carl Britschgi|terminus of such a bridge should
. will appear before the group on|pe,
Wednesday, November 22,/ and) Robert B, Bradford, chairman
Senator Richard J. Dolwig Is duclo¢ a stato commilteo, director of
to be with the section n
on November 29. ;
Center Plans -
on
Reviewed
City planners examined plans
for the proposed $500,000 Hills-
\ dale Professional center at 2555
Flores street, just south of Twen-
ty-fifth avenue in sludy session
last night, Formal vole will be
tuken November 27.
’ ‘The building will include a cof-
- fee shop, barber shop and meet-
ing room. Originally the land was
’ goned for commercial uso, then
rozoned to high-rise apartment
use, I-56, at the request of the
tipplicunt, property owner Jobn
public works and a member of
the State Toll Bridge Authority,
sald the committee is serious
about finding a location for the
bridge. He indicated the recom-
‘Imendations probably would be
made early in 1962.
Norman Raab, projects engi-
neer for the State Division of Bay
Toll Crossings, noted that while
a number of new roules were
suggested, something blocked all
but the Sierra Point to Roberts
Landing route. Roberts Landing
is west. of the highway 50-East-|,
shore freeway junction and al-
most due east of Sierra Point.
At a meeting in San Leandro last
August 8, Alameda county offi-
cials and representatives of East).
Bay cities had agreed that the
eastern terminus should be Rob-
orts Landing,
Bradford suid the commillee;
will await results of the new traf.
fio surveys, chock wilh the army
nom Wal Mut way,
~—a.af endglicers, and then “try
"os teening
Belmon
BELMONT — A report on the
status of Belmont’s proposed cap-
ital improvement projects, iis zon-
ing ordinance, ils recreation pro-
gram and a proposed urban re-
newal project was given last night
by Mayor Kenneth Dickerson and
Councilman L. C, Reynolds. -
Dickerson said the report was
in answer to a. recomendation
some weeks ago by the Belmont
Citizens for Better Government
that the city council adopt a com-
prehensive capital improvements}:
plan,
In the first place, Dickerson
said, the city is operating as most
t Reviews - Plans
Sr ' Fan VP é
city would have to set up Its fe
agency, condemn property, raze
buildings, then attempt to find a
buyer for the property.
Worth $1,000,000
“With ‘some 20 acres of down-
town property,.the jand alone Is
worth over $1,000,000," Dicker-
son said. “This could run into
money,” ~
He added, however, that a rep-
resentative of the urban renewal
agency has. visited in Belmont,
and that city: officials still are
in the process of securing infor-
‘The’ city’s eran capital im:
provement projects include con-
struction of the new library build-
ing in Belameda park, develop.
ment of, the marina and recrea-
tion park near Ralston overpass
and the continual improvement of
Ralston avenue, as well as varl-
ous street b arcoppn and street
lighting projects, the awe re
ported...
Future projects include a mas-
ter lighting plan for >the city
streets and a major thoroughfare
program as part of the county,
wide trafficways program, devel=
mation on the renewal program.
other cities on the Peninsula by
having no capital improvements)
plan which would bind future city,
councils,
Kecomendations and sugges:
tions for improvements from vari-
ous city commissions will be given|
consideration and study as to their|
feasibility, cost and projected use,
by the people of Belmont, the}
mayor stated,
~~ Quick Program
Councilman Reynoles raneriedl
that the recreation commission is|
planning a “quick program” for}
development of the 21 acres the)
city owns east of the Ralston ave-
nue overpass.
Filling of the dump site is be-
ing done so rapidly, the -council-
man said, that he is proposing
that the city renovate the Sea:
Scout barge for temporary use!
as a recreation center, with meet-
ing rooms, a shower room and
restrooms.
The barge Is structurally sshd
ond can be Improved with a com:
paratively small amount of out-|
lny lo linprove the aypearance|
of the area, Reynolds sald. He
added, however, the project would j
© me thee tawee |
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4 Dear Miss agimeeiallt
The Office of the President has asked the Air Force to reply
to your recent letter concerning unidentified flying objects.
Your interest in reporting the sighting you witnessed is
appreciated. However, before a conclusion may be reached as to
What the object is, more information will be required. I have
enclosed two UFO questionmaires; one for you to complete and the
additional questionnaire for any other witness who may have seen
the objects.
pre-addressed envelopes.
Please forward the completed questionnaires in the enclosed
'
Sincerely,
C. R. CARLSON
Colonel, USAF
Chief, Public Information Division
Office of Information
Miss
San Mateo, California
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