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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 3 Aug 52 | 2. LOCATION | RICHMOND, CALIF. | 3. CONCLUSIONS | Was Balloon Probably Balloon Cassity Balloon  |
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|  4. DATE | 03/2031 PDT 04/0331Z | 5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | XX Command Visual ☐ A. Visual ☐ A. Intercept Paper | ☐ Was Aerosol ☐ Was A. A. A. A. ☐ Was A. A. A. A. | ☐ Was A. A. A. ☐ Was A. A. A. ☐ Was A. A. A.  |
|  6. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 7. LENGTH OF REVISION | 22 min | 2 | N  |
|  Two objects the size of a star, moved in a northerly direction at low speed, changing in color from blue-white to red.  |   | …

Found in sighting dated 25 July 1952
Fountain Hill, Pa.
by Thomas Crouse

Negatives

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
35

|  COUNTRY | United States | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
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|  AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT  |   |   |   |
|  SUBJECT | Unidentified Flying Objects (Short Title: FLYGRPPT)  |   |   |
|  AREA REPORTED ON | Central California | FROM (Agency) | Dir. of Intel. 28 AD. Hamilton AFB, Calif.  |
|  DATE OF REPORT | 6 August 1952 | DATE OF INFORMATION | 3 August 1952  |
|  ENLATION | G-4  |   |   |
|  PREPARED BY (Name) | 2d Lt. James W. Westbrook, Asst. Dir. of Intel. Ground Observers  |   |   |
|  SIGNATURE (Third number, doub…

VI. ATIAA
2. ATIA
3.C. Files

RF054
WPE076Z
XYD029
XDB072
JWPML 076
RR JEPHQ JEDWP 222
IE JWPML 33F
R 041843Z ZNJ
FM CG 28TH ADD HAMILTON AFB CALIF
TO JEPHQ/CG HQ USAF WASHINGTON D C
JEDWP/CG WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO
EDEA/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
WPML/CG WADEH HAMILTON AFB CALIF
8TH OID 279 FLYOBRPT.

(1) TWO OBJECTS IN TRAIL, THE SIZE OF A STAR PD WERE BLUE WHITE CMA THEN RED CMA MOVING NORTH SLOWLY PD SEEMED TO BE GOING UP AND DOWN PD
(2) 3 AUG 1952 2031PDT PD AT 2053PDT FOG BLOTTED OUT OBJECTS PD
(3) VISUALLY FROM GROUND PD
(4) HALL OF JUSTICE CMA 27TH ST RICHMOND CMA CALIF …

(7) NONE

(8) NONE

(9) VI NOM

(10) HEAVY TRAFFIC PD

04/1844Z AUG JWPML

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TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 3 August 1952
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of day: 8 30 A.M. or P.M. (Circle One)
Hrs. Min.

1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
a. Eastern
b. Central
c. Mountain
d. Pacific DAYLIGHT SAVING
e. Other

(Circle One):
a. Daylight Saving
b. Standard

1.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

2. Where did you see the object?
HALL OF JUSTICE BLDG.
27th & BARRETT AVE
RICHMOND CALIFORNIA U.S.A.…

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8. What direction were you facing when you first saw the object?

(Circle One):
a. North
b. Northeast
c. East
d. Southeast
e. South
f. Southwest
g. West
h. Northwest

8.1 What direction were you facing when the object disappeared?

(Circle One):
a. North
b. Northeast
c. East
d. Southeast
e. South
f. Southwest
g. West
h. Northwest

8.2 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above two questions. (8 and 8.1).

a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

9. Were you wearing eye glasses when you saw the object? (Circle One):

Yes…

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? I was on duty on the Observation Post when I noticed a very bright light in the western sky.

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
3 May    August    1952
Month    Year

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SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? Looking for airplanes in the sky.

6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the object? Try to list the activity or activities, and the approximate amount of time spent on each.
Walking around on the roof looking for and reporting planes. I went on duty…