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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 9 - 13 August 1957 | 2. LOCATION | Bakersfield, California  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | — — — | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | — — —  |
|  9a. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Letter requesting information regarding sighting objects that were believed to be meteors.  |   |   |
|  10. COMMENTS | Persieds meteor shower during the period of 9 - 13 August. No report …

AFCIN-424

Mr.
Route
Bakersfield, California

Dear Mr.

Your letter of 12 September, addressed to the Department of the Army concerning a report of an unidentified aerial object, has been referred to the Air Force for review and comment.

A careful study of your report indicates that you observed a seldom seen form of a meteorite, generally referred to as "bolides" or "fireballs". Between the 9th and 13th of August the earth intersected a meteoric swarm called the Perseids. Past experience with meteoric swarms of this nature shows that a larger number of meteorites, "shooting stars", and fireb…

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AGO/Dpt: (U) Copies to Replies to [redacted] and [redacted]

TO: Secretary of the Air Force
Headquarters, USAF
ATTN: Major Tasker
Washington 25, D. C.

1. Attached are copies of reply correspondence to subject persons who contacted the Department of the Army and the FBI regarding UFO incidents.
2. Copy…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SAVIS

8 October 1957

Dear Captain Elwood:

Inclosed, please find letter from Mr. [redacted] regarding unexplained aerial phenomena in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, on 9 and 10 September 1957.

Mr. [redacted] has been advised of this referral.

Also inclosed is a letter from Mr. [redacted] of Bakersfield, California reporting a sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object.

These letters are forwarded to your Headquarters for possible investigation and/or evaluation.

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Executive Offic…