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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 6 June 1956 | 2. LOCATION Banning, California | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 06/1330Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8-10 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE circling auto ☐ Other UNIDENTIFIED…

Witness 06/133-2 32

REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

1. Description of the object:
a. As seen edge-on, the object appeared to be thin and wide, tapered on either end as shown below:
Later on, the object appeared to bank left and presented the following appearance:
b. Although the object was reported to be about the size of a present day jet fighter, it is estimated that this would be the equivalent of a silver dollar held at arms length. The observer seemed very positive that the flying object couldn't have been more than 100 yards away from him at any time.
c. The color was "skimming" i…

foot off the ground and was about 100 yards away from him. He seemed to
be quite sure of this range to the object and swears that it was never
more than about 100 yards from him the entire time. As soon as he saw
the object, he was so frightened that he braked his car to a halt and sat
there and watched it in the facilitation.

b. He gave no elevation angle on the object; however, he first saw
it through his right hand window, so the object must have been very low
to the ground.

c. The object finally returned to approximately the same position
where it was first sighted, then suddenly zoomed …

6. Identifying information of observer
a. Mr.
Los Angeles 45, California
-bore: -

7. Weather and air quality:
a. Observer amount of weather conditions.
Mr. states that it was a beautiful day. No clouds and visibility unlit. It was still fairly cool, although he did state that later on in the day it was very hot. There was little or no wind.
b. Weather report from USNAMTC, Point Mugu, California:

8. There is no system for a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, a break, etc.

9. Since the observer did not report the object for a week, it is doubted that any interception action was taken.

10. There was no other aircraft sighted in the vicinity during or after the alleged encounter.

11. LT Marvin S. BLAIR, USN, 420440/1100, Ass't Officer-in-Charge, Guided Missile Unit FIFTY, USN 380 Port Huenema, California took the information from Mr. [redacted] on his sighting. Mr. [redacted] felt…