PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - TIME GROUP

3. SOURCE

2. LOCATION |
Stead AFB, Nevada Hone; L-ke, itlevada, Caraichasl -

Sacramento, Califoria, Milford California
10, CONCLUSION

Civilian ani liliter MISSILE ATLAS D

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One /T0

Missile launched fiom Vandenverg at 0603.48 Local. Atlas "D",

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION /11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

5 :-inutes

TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Ground-Visual
COURSE

North= Jest
PHOTOS

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes
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FORM

FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE)

Ci nd eda iD OR be —_

Bright flourescent vapor risin; fron South to “orth at
expessive speed, Risint at 45 deg angle. Disappeared slow
Additional witness reported object heading in Soubherly
direction. Appeared to blow un.

Tyo object small lisht like reflected chrome with red glow
from tail end. Space between object. Objects on straignt
course to West. Rapid speed. Smoke trail laster two-three
iinutes after object had disappeared.

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GREOUATTY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
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A. _DESCRIPTION

Shape: Round

Size: Head of a pin

Color: N/A

Number: One (1)

Formation: None

Bright flourescent vapor trail, like a bright shinning star

Sound: None

8. Description of Course of Object

1. Just happened to look up
2. Angis of.elevation: 45 = direct line at the same altitude

3. (Same as Item ''2"')
4, Flight path: Level, direct Tine, South to North

5. Disappearance: Slowly
6. Length of time In sight: five (5) minutes

c. Manner of Observation
1. Ground visual

D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING

1. Zulu Elme: 1310 hours, 22 Sept 64
2. Morning (Dark)

E. location of Observer
1. Stollwood Way, between Lincoln and Winding Way, Carmichael, California

F, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF OBSERVER

Mr. yy tte Carmichael, California
Telephone Nr.

G. WEATHER AND WINDS

1. Base Weather Report

NAW wn —

a) Winds: Cala
5 Skys cheer
Temp!

Patatters 15 miles
Haze and smoke in area coming from forest firs in the North

No alr traffic or balloon released in the area
No existence of physical evidence (Materials or Pee EEE |

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1. COUNTRY. 8. REPORT NUMBER:

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2. SUBJECT: 9. DATE OF REPORT:

UN TIFISD FLYING OBJECT

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22 September 1964

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g4. DATE OF INFORMATION: 955 September 1964 12, oriGinator: OBCURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIVISION MCCLELLAN AFB CALIFORNIA
. PLACE ANO DATE OF ACQ: 19. PREPARED BY: S2t. Robert I. Moddison

- EVALUATION: SOURCE

4 1¢

source: Mr, : i A iOHN R. ARMSTRO

1S. sumMARY:

Mr. GROUEGEUOMMR contacted Police Headquarters and reported sichting an odject

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traveling in a southerly direction at approximately 0610 hours, 22 Sep 64, and it
followed a relatively straight course to the South. The object appeared to be
about the size of a football held at arm length and was brilliant white in color.
It appeared to be traveling towards earth and getting larger in size and then

object seemed to have blown up. Observation of the object was
no optical aid,

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REPLACES OA FORM 1048. 1 AUG 40.
OPNAY FORM 3620 (Rev 10-61),

AF FORM 112. JUL 61. WHICH MAY BE
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ORIGINATOR SECURITY AND Law SNF
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Ae JESCRIPTIONs
le. Shape — Like a Football
2. Sise = Comparable to a Football held in the hani at arms length
3. Color = Brilliant white
4. iiumber= One

5. N/A
6. Features = Non discernible

. Tail Cxhaust <— Tail trail
Sound = None
- M/A

DESCRIPTION:
l. ‘While in the front yard observed what appeared to be a Kocket moving ina

southerly direction
2. Angle of elevation when first observed =— 45 deg.
3. Angle of elevation upon disappearance — 45 deg.
4. Description of flight path = Southerly direction and it followed a

relatively straight course to the South.
5. Manner of disappearance — Object seemed to have blown up

6. Length of time in sight - 5 minutes

MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
1. Ground visual

TIME DATE OF SIGHTING:

1. 1310 Zula, 22 Sept 64
2. Night (Morning) (Dawn)
3- N/A

LOCATION OF OBSERVER:
4931 Bradford Drive, West Sacramento, California

q F, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF OBSERVER:
Civilian - Mr, Aenean, ,@pupietigc , Wiest Sacramento, California
Phone Nr, «igi Se

Ge. WEATHER AND WINDS
Wind = Calm
Sky - Clear
Temp ~ 54 deg.
Visibility = 15 miles
Haze and smoke in area, coming from forest fire in the North

No Air Traffic or ballon released in the area,
No existence of physical evidence (Material or photographs)

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UrO~. THz FOLLOWING REPORT [5 SUSHITT

WITH PARAGHAPH 14, AFR 230-256 THIS se
PART Le Ae C1) OVAL Pri Cz Div 5Y ARC

ED IN ACCORDANCE
IN THRES PaRTS~.

(2) OVAL = GRAPEFRUIT; ARC - SASKETBALL
I (3) WHITE, LIKE RirLeCTED FROM CHROHE, Stiall
R2D GLOY FRO Ol TAIL mz ND OF OVAL.
CA) ONe
(5) N/A

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(S$) SPACE 3keTWeeNn ARC AND OVAL WAS A
H OF akCe. SLU OX

TO ONE Talend (174 - 1735) LeneT

THROUGH Ti.
40 TRAILS. arcb GLOW

DEGREE eLeVai liv,
) © DeGree xLe Val ION,
(4) STRAIGHT COURSE Weol
IN SPEED O&@ ALIITUDE. SEEXED MOVING
(5) OVAL WENT BLACK QUIC
GRAY AND DISAPPEARED.

C7)
SHUTS OFF Ils AFTERBURI Wi he
¢3) NO Nz
(3) NONE
De C1) WOT ICED Woaile ScITT ING
(2)
C3

¢ §) Ff PIVz
AFTER ARC DISAPPEARED.
3. C1) GROUND - VisuUaL
(2) NONe

(3) NZA
De CLP 8915 = 1599 ZULU

30
¥ COULD

OW WAS LIXZ aN EXHAUST

OUT OF CAR
0UT a

WEST OF SOUTH

- NO MANZUVERS OF
RAPIDLY.

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VARIATIONS

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FADED TO

MINUTES. ARC LasT=9 TWO TO THREE NINUTSES

Pace $

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(2)

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Pal o
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OBJeCl

OF FRAdE OF
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(3)

(4) ONE
(5S) NZA
CS) NONE
(7) NOwe
(23) WNONZ

SebuzD sUne OF WHat
C1) CLiAd oAYS
(2) 13002 - 135382, 22 Ser

ON BALLOON AND UNDER Canara lace
OVAL DésCrIbcdD.
ROFERZNCe.
NO Ne

PARI II. FOLLOWING I5 A REPORT OZTAINED FROM THe Sit CO WD
INDIVIDUAL INTERVIcWebs

A. (1) LONG VAPOR TRAIL WITH LIGHT AT HEAD.

(2) LIGHT - GRAPeFAUIT. TRAIL -

LIGHT (323 YARDS esTiImateD).-
LIGAT - WHITE; TRAIL -

RU#ANL 3 UNCLAS
(2) DAWN
ze BY AIR POLICE OFFICZ, ON STeAv AF

inVAU Ae
N/7A

ROACH, JOHN Dey SSGT, S3S355TH ASGP =
ia AEPOKnTED o

NO CLOUDS

AIK POULIC:

64, INFO FOR STeAD AFDE
WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE

AT 6,920 FT 132 DzGREES Five KNOT PLUSNINE C.
19,300 FI @62 DEGREES 25 KNOT PLUS FIVE Ce
16,282 FI Qid DEGREES 355 KNOT “MINUS FOUR Ce
22,020 FI J10 DEGREES 54 KNOT MINUS 11 Ce
33,203 FI 350 DEGREES 45 KNOT MINUS 37 Ce
52,0082 FTI Qid DeGREES 25 XNOT MINUS 33 Ceo
39,030 FT 282 DEGREcS 25 KNOT MINUS 35 Ceo
CEILING: UNLIWITep

VISIBILITY: FIFTEEN (15), PLUS
CLOUD COVER: CLiAx

THJNDER STORMS IN AREAS NONE
AIGH-LEVEL INVERSION AL 48,000 FT

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UNKNOWN
NO Nz
UNKNOWN
TO BE A WEATHER ZALLOON. REFLECTION OF SUN JénTiw

YING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. B2LIeVe Puls
AORIZON
COULD HAVE CAUSED THe ARC AND

NO ALTITUDE OR DISTANCe ESTIMATED DUE TO LACK

MANY TIMES AS LONG AS

WHITE, LIKE CONTRAIL

PAGZ 5 RUWHNL 3 UNCLAS

C9) iAXAIL AND LIGAT MOVED TOGETHER. ESTIMaredD £IGAT TO
NIN2 WIiLes AWAY.
Be €1) POINTED OUT BY SSGT ROACH.

(2) 45 DeGREES ELEVATION 19% DEGREES

(5) LiSS THAN 4 DEGREES 212 DeGREEsS

C4) Wests; NO MANEUVERS, SEEMED TO CURVE DOWN BEFORE
DISAPPEARANNE. MOVING FAST.

(5) LIGHT SEEMED TO FLARE BURET AS A SMALL, WHITE LIGHT.
TRAIL GRADUALLY FADED AWAY LIKE A CONTRAIL IN NO WIND.

(6) FIVe TO EIGHT MINUTES

C. (1) GROUND - VISUAL
(2). NONE ye
(3) WA OF 2 Tb (TDz

De (1) 1313 = 1315 ZULU Py |
(2) DAWN - ab

E. BY AIR POLICE OFFICE, STEAD AFB, NEvaDA 25 +P

Fe CLO HNZA
(2) WITCHELL, WILLiz AIC, 3635 a8GP AIR POLICE.

SEEMED A LITTLE UNSURE,

Ge C1) GRAY SKY, VERY FEW NLOUDS, COLD WORWING. MAY Have

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UNCLAS OP 99317 FINAL SECTION OF TWO

BEEN ONE LARGE CLOUD HANGING WHERE OBJECT DIEAPPEAPTUD.
(2) SEE PARA G (2), PART I, ABOVE.

Te NONE

Je UN} iN IOWN

Ne ASSISTANT WING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, DIFFERENCE IN
SCRIPTION ISREASON "ABLE e TRAIL IS ue ARC OF PREVIOUS REPORT.
POSITION OF LIGHT DIFFERS IN EYES OF Obsan| ERS e«

PART III, FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OBTAINED FROM THE THIRD

AGE RUWHNL 9 UNCLAS te
NTZRYIEW OF TyO INDIVIDUALS REPORTINGUFOS 5
Ae (1) SMALL OVAL OBJECT PRECEDED BY ARC

(2) CVAL - PEA 5 ARC WAS TWO THIRDS (C2y3) cIZE OF MOON,
WHEN EXTENDED ARC WAS Of ic AND RALF TIMES SIZE OF MOON.

(3) ARC = watts OR BRIGHT GRAY, GLOWING LIKE A HALO.
OVAL = WHITE, MANY TIMES BRIGHTER THAN ARC
C4) OlEe

(3) N/A

ei rd

(6) Trt
(7) NO TRAIL, WITH EACH CHANGE OF DIRECTION THERE SEEME
TO BE A PUFF OF EXHAUST SHOKE OR DUST. ROUND SHAPED AS

EMITTED FROM OVAL OBJECT = QUICKLY DISSIPATED.
(S) NWONEWXNONE HEARD DUE TO MOTOR VEHICLE NOISEe
(5) ARC WAS FUZZY - HASY AT EDGES BUT OBJECTUAS
SHARPLY DEF INEDe SPACE BETWEEN ARC AND OVAL WASASBOUT
ONE THIRD LENGTH OFARC ATALL TIMESs THIS SPACE WAS NOT
CL LAR y RAT! [FR FILMY OR AZ. WHEN BENEROLYER FIRST SA' IT;

—_ | is “A” iT “ "Tt? TA ewrPT Tro fPATINP eH ry, T°
Hi : Loe a 4 | Lott b Soak DISCOUNTED

\NCE1@-15 MIL@s. OBJECT AT 15 - 20, ae oT.

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ESTIMA TED ee

Be (1) FIRS SOT TCED ASDRIVING SOUTH UP A HILL.

PAGE WE AUVENL 9 UNCLAS
| (2) 25" SO DEGREES AT 1309 DEGREES

(5) 45 DEGREES AT 229 DEGREES

(4) NO ESTIMATE OF SPEED, BUT SEEMED DASTER THAN ANY -
JzTe JUST BEFORE DISAPPEARTic Gs IT SPEEDED UPe OBJECT SEEMED
TO Sz HOVERING WHEN FIRST NOT ee IT THEN MOVED P rer sce THEN
SOUTH3 THEN ACCORDINL TO AIRNAN BEXKERI Biang WES GA INAND
UP Wi PD. AIRMAN BREEN SAY NO FINAL MOVEMENT Wes RA THE!
[it MOVED FROM WEST TO SOUTHWEST, UPWARDAND THEN D SAPPEARE D
ONTHE MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTH THE ARC SEEMED TO ELONGATEWM THE
OVAL SEEMED TO EXPLODE, TURN GRAY AND DISAPPEAR. IT WAS
RESIGHTED, BUT WAS CONS IDERABLY SMALLERe«

(5) UPWARD AND WESTWARDe WENT BEHIND SOME TREES.
AIRMEN DROVE UP*<TO FIND IT, BUT COULD NOT.

(S$) THREE MINUTES
Ce (1) GROUND - VISUAL - FROM BEHIND DIRTY WINDSHIELD OF
VEHICLE.

(2) NONE

(3) NZA
De (1) 1345 - 1313 ZULU

(2) DAWN

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Ee 1221 530N/PRPPER PU. APE ROA ‘ATELY FIVE MILES SOUTH OF
waite on END OF HONEY LAK NEVADAe NINE POKOMOL
MILES UTHEAST OF MILFORD, CALIFORNIA.
Fe 1.) VA
(2) BREEN, KeRe ALC, 3635 CCRING SQ 4 big og

INSTRUCTOR - FAIG6 43)8-7)3¢ BEKER! EYER) | Ae Be
3635 CCRTNGoay SURVIVAL INeTRUCTOR = FAtaLY eetracLe, Bur
TRIED TO READ MORE INTO SIGHTING THAN Wac nF
AONABLEe

CBSERVED SEVERAL MISSILE LAU NCHES FROW YA? IDENBEDS AFB
WRILESTAT IO! i<D AT EDWARDS AY rh 220 MILES AWAY.
Ge (7) NO SLOUDS, | NO S| “e 4 aD | STARS e

td SEE PARAGRAPH ¢ WAVL UNDER PART I, ABOVE.
le Un MOUN
le NONE
Je UN KNOWN /

Ke ASSISTANT WING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. IF OBJECT WERE A
BALLOON, THE PUFFS OF SOOKE’ DUST WERE PROBABLY OPTICAL
ILLUSIONSs THE IMAGE OF THE OVAL BEING MOMENTARILY RETAINED.
CHANGES OF COURS ECOULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO UNDER CARPIACE

MOVE! NT ANID CH, Ajo rm ee pe PP rane t ”~ r—-— =A 2 F ~*~
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NOTE: Thie document containe information
alfecting the national delenee of the United
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lawe, Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 793 and 794.
The tranemission of the revelation of its
contents in any manner to an unauthorized
pereon ie prohibited by lew.

U.S.A.

1. COUNTRY.

y 2. SUBJECT:

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

3. ISC NUMBER:

4. DATE OF INFORMATION:

22 September 1964

$. PLACE AND OATE oF aco: 22 September 1964
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6. EVALUATION:

SOURCE

INFORMATION

7. SOURCE:

Mr

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Thie report contains urproceesed information.

Plane ard/or policies should not be evolved

or modified solely on the basie of thie report.

(Classification and Control Markings)

8. REPORT NuMBER: 1

9. DATE OF REPORT: 22 September 1964

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10. NO. OF PAGES:

AFR 200=2

11. REFERENCES:

12. on1iGiNATOR: Security & Law Enforcement Division
McClellan AFB, California
SSgt A. Carney

Roe.

Ll R. ARMSTR@AG, Major, USAF
Chief, Security & Law Enf Division

13. PREPARED BY:

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1S. sumMARY? .

Mr Als called Police at approximately 0915 hours, 22 Sept 64,

te report that he had observed an Unidentified Flying Object. Subject stated that
at approximately 0610 hours, he was in the vicinity of Carmichael, on Stol lwood
Way, between Lincoln and Winding Way, delivering milk for the Crystal Creamery
Company, when he happened to glanca up at the sky and observed a bright flourscent
vapor coming from the South, heading due North, at excessive speed. it was

flying at an angle of 45° elevation, level of flight wes in a direct line at the
same altitude. From level the Unidentified Flying Object was round and as

big as the head of @ pin. %bservation of object was approximately five minutes
tn duration.

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16. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR!

1 = Hq USAF (AFC IN)

Iinfe to: AFSC (FTD)

REPLACES OA FORM 1048. | AUG 60,
OPNAY FORM 3820 (Rew 10-61),

AF FORM 112. JUL 61. WHICH MAY BE
VSEO UNTIL 1 JAN 638.

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