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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 13 March 1951 | 2. LOCATION | McClellan AFB, California  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1520PST GMT 13/2320Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual ☑ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar ☐  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military & Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 2 minutes. | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE |   | Rising to N  |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   | Witness sighted object from car. Stopped car and viewed object described as round, about 200 ft in diameter, cylind…

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HEADQUARTERS
SACRAMENTO AIR MATERIEL AREA
McCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE
McCLELLAN, CALIFORNIA
SMAI/IRB/eb
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IN REPLY
REFER TO: SMAI 319.1
19 March 1951
SUBJECT: Report of Incident
AXA
513.8
TO: Commanding General
Air Material Command
ATTENTION: MCIS
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
513.8

1. 1st Lieutenant 1st Communications Squadron, Griffis Air Force Base, Rome, New York, and attached for duty at Hq SMAMA, reported that on 13 March 1951, at approximately 1520 hours PST, while driving his automobile in a westerly direction on the main road adjacent to McClellan Air…

UNCLASSIFIED
SMAI 319.1 19 March 1951
Subj: Report of Incident

6. No other persons reported such an object that day and no article appeared in the local newspapers as having been witnessed by people in or near the city.

7. No meteorological phenomena was reported.

8. The weather that day was clear and cloudless with light winds, unlimited visibility.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

IRVING H. BAUM
IRVING H. BAUM
Captain, USAF
Chief, Intelligence Section

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

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