PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE ·TIME GROUP 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 2. LOCATION
L Dec 66 L Dec 66 0830Z 08302 . San iatco, San hatso, Caliiorina rite -
3. SOURCE . SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION . CONCLUSION
Civilian Civilian Aircraft(possible) Aircraft(possible)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION S. LENG OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUNMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEE SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
4-5 minutes Observer watched three brilliant ligits in a V formation
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION travel toward the western sky. It was like di mass of
'brilliant lights; tops
Ground Visual It was about five miles betwoen the lead object and the
7. COURSE trailing objects. It looked like orange droplets fell
from the tail ol the one object.
westward
3. A test airoraft was in the tre. at the time of the sight-
PHOTOS ing. The tircraft wts guiped ith a glass bottom and
Yes fitted with TV cameras and a high intonsity infra-red
XXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE light would have boen visible from the ground. The
Yes nature of the light ccmbined with the clouds in the a area
X No would produce an erie effect from the ground.
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2. STRAIGHT UP OVER SAN FMNCISCO AIRPORT
3. UNK
.. 4. STRAIGHT WASTERLY
S. SLOWLY TO THE WEST
6. 4 TO S M MINUTES
.. C. 1. GROUND VISUAL
2. E EINOCULA RS - TYPE UNK
D. 1. 6835Z - 4 DEC 65
2NIGHT
E. 37 34 3.N - 122 22 4 % CITY SAN MATEO AND HILLS EOROUGH CALIF
F. 1. CIVILIAN F. T. civ
.. SAN MATEO CALIF FAA AIR TA SAN MATEO CA LIF FAA AIR OLLER, SAN F
INTERNA TIONAI INTERNA TIONA RELIA GOOD. GOOD.
G. 1. NONE G. 1.NONE 6 o
2. OVER R SAN FRANCISCO EAY 2OGE SATURDAY SAN FRANCISCO EAY 2GEI SATURDAY EV ENING EVENING 6 fo
THRU 6208 THRU J 62 C0
SUNDAY A LL TIMES LOCA L
WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY
23/16 P 4/24CP
6211' 2178 2510
......... 12218 245 2625
AGE 3 RUWMEMA C62D UNCLAS
16650 15650 MISSING 235. 235.
2 MISS ING 2550 2550
30109 MISSING MISSING 2560
HISSING MISSING 274.
EO NOT AVA ILA BLE
CEILING
0 2. P 4 460 SCATTERED VIS 15, 21 P MEASURED 4560 EROKEN, VIS 15,

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7 Dec 66 22 462
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WPE. 37
PTTU JAW RUWMEWA 6F4 3412115-UUUU--RUEDFIF.
ZNR UUUUU
P ,721EZ DEC 66
FM 7ECMBTS PTG P HA MI LTON AFB CALIF
TO RUWMFVA/ADC TO RUWMFVA/A DC
.. RUWMEDA/2SAIDIV ADAIR AFS OREG RUWMEDA/2SAIDIV ADAIR AFS OREG ETR
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RUEDF IF/FTD WRIGHT) RUEDF IF/FTD WRIGHT RSON SON AFE E OHIO OHIO speral speeal
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RU EDHQA/CSAF a/c.
FUEDHQA/OSAF RUEDHA/OSAF Tert Tert got. yt.
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UNCLAS SGOPS 7SESS DEC S6. FOR TDETR, F DC, FOR SAF-OI.
..... A. 1. MASS OF BRILLIANT LIGHTS
2. SAME SIZE AS BOEING 7 E7
3. BRILLIANT LIGHTS - TOPS RED, BOTTOM ORANGE
4 THREE
5. V FORMATION - APPROX X 5 MILES BETWEEN LEA D OEJECT AND
TRAILING OBJECT - 3 MII BETW THE TRA ILING O EJ
6. VERY BRILIANT C. V-AT ERILIANT
... 7. OFANGE DROPLETS 7. OFANGE DROI FROM D THE THE TAIL OF
TAIL OF THE SOUTHWEST THE SOUTHWEST ONE. ONE.
8. SILENT 8. SILENT
9.21- 9.21-30 MPH - NO A BRUPT MANEUV ERS MPH - NO A BRUPT MANEUV ERS
0 B. E.
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SU SCAT EST 5ED BROKEN VIS 15.
AESATIVE THUNDERS …
I. 1. NONE
.. I. NONE
∴N/A
H. CAPT JAMES R. WHITING, FVS8652I, AEASE OPERA TINS OFF ICER
. 7EH COMEAT SUPPORT GROUP HAMILTN AFE CALIF.
. NO ASTRONOMICALEODY OF PHENOMEMON WAS EVIDENT DURING THIS PERIOD
WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THIS SIGHTING. MR. BUMGARDNER REF ERRED
NE TO MR DAV ID NE TO MR DAV E SAN CA RLOS CALIF RE CA LIF RE
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FAGE 4 RUWNEWA C8DE UNCLAS PAGE 4 RUWMEWA C8DE UNCLAS
MILITARY AIRCRAFT TESTING. A LIGHT I INTENSITY MEASURING DEV ICE.
.... PERIOD. AN AIE EQUIPED WITH A GLSS BOTTOM AND FITTED WITH TV
CAMEFAS AND A HIGH INTENSITY INFRA-RED LIGHT WAS IN OPERATION.
THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AT 2 OOE FEET AND THE LIGHTWOULD BE
VISIELE FROM THE GROUND. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE NATURE OF THE
LIGHT COMBINED WITH THE CLOUDS IN THE AREA WOULD PRO DUC E AN N ERIE
EFFECT FROM THE GROUND.
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