PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION
22 August 66 22/14552 Sacramento, Califomia (1 Witness)
3. SOURCE 1. CONCLUSION
Civiiian Other (GROUND L.IGHTS)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
2 Minutes Observer reported oval shaped object, approximately the size
of a top being yellow-orange in calo The object looked likci
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a spinning top. The object did not move while it was being
Ground-Visual viewed. Observer wrote back and stated that the apartment
7. COURSE owner had put up a light in front which observer had not seen
before. It was this light that she had reported.
Stationary
8. PHOTOS
Yes
X0xNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
17 Yes
XIXNo
FORM
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FTD (TDETR)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
31 August 1966
Mrs
Sacramento, California 95821
Dear
Reference your unidentified observation of 22 August 1966.
The information which we have received is not sufficient
for evaluation. Request you complete the attached FTD
pad n ag Form l64 and return it in tl Form l64 and return it in th envelope provided. envelope provided.
We wish to thank you fcr reporting your observation to
the Air Force. the Air n0
Sincerely,
EECTOR TANILLA, Jr, MajOr, USAF a
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Chief, Proj Blue Book
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS 2852D AIR BASE GROUP (AFLC)
REPLY TO SMBB 2 6 AUG 1966
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: UFO Report
TO AFSC (FTD)
1. The following observation was reported to the 552nd AEW&C Wing At 1455z, 22 August 1966,
Command Post at 0615z, 22 August 1966. Post, relayed
Major Dean S. Ellestad, FV805797, 552nd Wing Command Branch. Sergeant Claude V. Gibson,
the information to the Operations Ithe observer and obtained the
Operations Branch (BBP), contacted operatr
following informat ion:
a. Descript ion of Description of the object observed:
() Shape - oval (1) Shape - oval
Color - yellow orange
(4) Number - one R
(5) Format ion - not appl icable
ike a spinning top
(7) Tail, trail, or exhaust - none
) Sound - none
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b.
) Observer was standing in her front yard, looked up, and
there it was.
(2) Angle of elevation and azimuth - unknown
) (3) Description of flight path - still, unmoving Descr iption of f
unknown. unknown. Observer went into the
house to call in the report, when she came back outside it was gone. came back outside it was gone.
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c. Manner of observation:
(1)G Ground-visual
No optical aids used
d. Time and date of sight ing: 7
) 0530z, 22 August 1966.
(2) Dark beginning to break dawn
e. Location of observer -front yard of Excelsior Apartments,
3220 Watt Avenue, Sacramento ifornia, looking west.
Observer - Mrs Fifty years of age, widow and
Sacramento, California.
unemployed.
g. Weather and wind conditions at the time of sighting: Weather and wind
(1) Observer's account very clear very clear
(2) McClellan AFB, California - surface 150° at 8 Kts, 6,000 ft
280° at 10 Kts, 10,000 ft 290° at 5 Kts, 16,000 ft 270° at 5 Kts, 20,000
ft 260 at 20 Kts, 30,000 ft 260 at 55 Kts, 50,000 ft 2600 at 20 Kts,
80,000 o ft unknown.
miles A
4)
(5) Cloud cover - none
h. McClellan AFB Weather Station reported that there were no meteoro-
logical weather phenomenon in the area at the time that would cause a
yr
i. Interception - none
Base Operations, McClellan AFB, reported that at 0533Z hours 0533Z hours a a
j. j. off from base in from base in a a southerly
Log Air DC-6, Cal
direction.
Gibson is of the opinion that Mr Gibson is of the opinion that Mr is not sure of what what 913
2. she saw. In view of the fact that an aircraft departed McClellan AFB at she saw. In view of the fact that an aircraft departed McClellan AFB at 2. Sergeant
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very near the time of the alleged sighting, and the aircraft flew through saw the lights
the observer's line of vis ion, it is possible Mr
of the aircraft.
FOR COMMANDER
L.
J. H. MCCURLEY, CaPt, USAF
Tis Chief, Scty & Law Enforcement Div
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