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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  6 Nov 49 06/1735Z | Livermore, California  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  TWO | Observer sighted two objects. They were very brilliant as they were reflecting quite a lot of sunlight. They were heading Northnorthwest and they were going through numerous maneuvers. They were up very high and traveling at a high rate of speed. A trail of gray-colored vapor was left behind.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  5 minutes…

MCLAYS/GWT/amw

MCLAYS

LIVERMORE, CALIF.

Dear Mr. [redacted]

Receipt of your communication dated 6 May 1949 is acknowledged by this Command.

Your contributions relative to "flying saucers" have been made a matter of record, and will be incorporated into the present study of this phenomena.

Your interest and action in reporting this matter to this Headquarters is appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

W. R. CHRISTIAN
Colonel, USAF
Chief, Analysis Division
Intelligence Department

un. de. S. c. d

1-3/12-14

Levermore, Calif.

Dear Sirs,

In regard to the so-called flying saucers this morning at nine thirty five I was walking along highway fifty adjacent to Livermore airport when I saw two objects which I shall hereinafter refer to as saucers.

I had been watching a turn engine transport plane flying in a southwesterly direction at approximately eight thousand feet. It was still faintly visible when I saw the two saucers to the left and higher up. They were at about a sixty degree angle from the earth surface traveling from south southeast to north north west judging from the plan altitude I estim…

a trail of grey colored vapor behind. After about 30 seconds it came down again and rejoined the other which had been moving along as before. They resumed their circling then and disappeared shortly thereafter still proceeding at about the same speed and altitude. They did not rest vanish but passed gradually out of visual range.

The wind velocity was about 25 m.p.h. from north north east. I ascertained that by the wind direction finder atop Revenue airport. just to my left.

Having read about the saucers being illusions I tried looking at them from the corners of my eyes to see if there was …