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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 15 Apr 52 | 2. LOCATION Santa Cruz, Calif. |   | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1940 PST GMT 0300 16/03/02 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |   |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE male civilian |   | ☐ Was Aercraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6-8 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2 | 9. COURSE | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical…

B/L fr 3904th Comp Wg to CG, SAC Subject: Report of Flying Object ID 319.1

DINC 350 (2May52) 1st Ind

HEADQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska 8 MAY 1952

TO: Commanding Officer, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. ATTN: AFOIN-ATIAA

Forwarded for your information.

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL:

HAL E. BILYOU
MAJOR, USAF
Asst Adj Gen

1 Incl
n/c

2
7-3712-45

30
U. K.
18 MAY 1952

HEADQUARTERS
3904TH COMPOSITE WING
Stead Air Force Base
Reno, Nevada

ID 319-1

SUBJECT: Report of Flying Object

TO: Commanding General
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha, Nebraska
ATTN: Directorate of Intelligence

15 APR 52
LOS VEGAS, NEV

1. The attached letter was recently submitted by M/Sgt a member of the Training Squadron of this Wing to the Directorate of Intelligence, 3904th Composite Wing.

2. M/Sgt enjoys a reputation of considerable repute within this organization. He describes his brother, the writer of the attached letter, as a man of outstan…

April 18th, 1952.

Dear [illegible]

Got set for a rather odd deal and you can do as you see fit with what I'm about telling you and so help me, it's the McCoy.

One of our shooters recently left the club temporarily and insisted that I keep his Argus 20x spotting scope for him until next season, so I gladly took it over not having one of my own. Last Tuesday evening we were favored with an exceptionally clear atmosphere and as the first stars began to appear my pseudo-scientific urge came to the fore and I mounted the afore said scope on a tripod, and while waiting for complete darkness to se…

the Aish Fece had sighted several of these critters near Las Vegas yesterday. I saw mine Tuesday evening, April 15, at about 7:40 P.M.

I'm sending you a rough drawing of my impression of these snivvies, and you can make a little experiment if you wish. This represents a view of my garage roof as one looks due west. Now take this picture in your right hand and hold it as far to the left as you can reach, keep your eyes on those two light spots, now swing the picture as far as you can to the right during a count of "six". That's all there is to it, that's the way I seen it. !Ay Caray!

If you t…

EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 7

DATE: 15 Apr 52
TIME (Local): 1940
LOCATION: Santa Cruz, Calif.
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: 6 Seconds
SOUND: Unknown
SPEED: 600 mph up
ALTITUDE: 1500-3,000'
HEADING: NE
SOURCE: Civilian
ACTION OR COMMENTS: No conclusions
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Two very faint objects crossed horizon in six seconds. (Unclass.)