DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9072340
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1965
REPORTED LOCATIONSacramento California
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UE TOL RPT OF UPTO SIGHING SUBMITTED IAW AFR 200-2:

\ (1) FLAT TRIANGULAR SHAPE, APEX BEING UPWARD AS A
OOF ON A HOUSE; (2) GRAPEFRUIT; (3) WHITE UNCHANGING
LIGHT, COMPARABLE TO A 120 WATT LIGHT BUL3B$ (4) ONE;

5) N/As (8) NO3 (7) SEE REMARKS; (8) NO3 (9) NO.

2, (1) FIRST OBSERVER NOTICED IT AFTER RETIRING FOR THE

NIGHT; (2) 28 T0 25 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, 129 DEGREES
SSIMUTH CANGLE CHANGED SLIGHTLY UPWARD WITH EACH PASSING)

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3) 79 TC 75 MEGREES ABOVE HORIZON SO NESPEES AZIMUTH.
(A) MOVING AT A GOOD SPEED ALONG A LINEAR PATH FROM
*2 DESRETS TO 99 DEGREES, WHEN IT DISAPPEARED IT WAS
‘OVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION$ (5) SEZ REMARKS

($) THE ODJECT WAS IN VIEW FOR 39 TO 60 SECONDS EVERY
{2 MINUTES FOR A PERIOD OF 90 MINUTES.

& ¢€1) GROUND VISUAL$ (2) NO$ (3) N/A»

™% (1) 28/0899Z3 (2) NIGHT, CLEAR. E. SACRAMENTO,

‘ER, @@MMMe, SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
(2) N/Aw Ge (1) CLEAR$ (2) 12876, 190/18, 219715,
9/29, 243/49, 253/39. (3) NONE. (4) 15 MILES.

NONE, (6) HEAVY SUILDUP OVER THE SIERRA NAVADA’S,
2 UNNNDGtH. Me NONE. I, N/As Ne GIC, WING
MTTLLIGENCEs ALL 3 OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD SAY THIS
FO AND NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY DOUBT THAT IT WAS NOT AN
AIRCRAFT NOY BEING USED BY ANYONE, ALL RECOUNTS OF THE
*XPERIENCE ARE THE SAME AND DO NOT VARY AS POINTS ARE

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RSRIEFERS CAPT VERABLE L. MCCLOUD AND A2C RONALD K

MECARKS3 WHEN THE GSJECT DISAPPEARED IT SEEMED TO HAVE A
LADDER LIKE TAIL WITH THREE RUNGS THAT WERE LIT UP. ALSO
If SEEMED TO BE FURTHER AWAY THAN ON INITIAL PASSES,

HEADING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND AT ITS HIGHEST
ANGLE ABOVE THE HORIZON,
oT NOTE: Advance copy delivered to DIA and NIN,