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|  PROJECT 10973 RECORD  |   |
| --- | --- |
|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 17 Dec 66 16/0800Z  |
|  2. LOCATION | Whittier, California (1 witness)  |
|  3. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION"  |
|  1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  4. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | None Stated  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | SEE CASE FILE  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | None Stated  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  12. FORM | FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.  |

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Brig 17 Dec 66
17 Dec. 66
Whittier California
Proposed reply to letter from Mrs. [redacted] dated 23 January 1967

Dear Mrs. [redacted]

Reference your recent letter describing a most unusual experience
witnessed by you and your husband on the night of 17 December 1966.
To date our office has not received any other sightings which could
be related to your observation. The project office at Wright-
Patterson AFB has not received any other reports from the San Diego
area for the night of 17 December 1966.

Request you and your husband complete the attached FTD Form 164
so that our a…

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the hall towards our bedroom. As I approached the bedroom window I could see what appeared to be reflections of a flaming fire and I thought that either the electric wires were on fire or that there was a huge bonfire in the middle of our backyard. I hurried to the window and looked down at the backyard. The whole yard was bathed in a brilliant orange and everything (fences etc.) looked, as I said before, as something does when it is reflecting fire. I looked up at the sky and there was a big orange light. I woke my husband up and told him to come and look at the thing in the sky. He got u…

Whittier, Calif.
Jan. 23, 1967

Dear Major Quintanilla,

Having just read the article on U.S. Os in the 5-6-66 issue of Saturday Review & thought I should tell you of the sighting my husband and I had.

On Saturday, Dec. 17, 1966 around midnight I was in the bathroom of our home preparing for bed (the rest of the family was in bed and asleep and the house was in darkness except for the bathroom light) when I heard two noises just a minute or two apart and they sounded to me like lumber being dropped from a truck - the way it hits the ground with a clap. We were in the process of re-doing o…

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balls. All that was left was what looked exactly like a star and it began to move. We stayed at the window and watched it (we live on a hill) as it moved towards the lights of Los Angeles in the distance and then went out of sight.

The next day and evening we checked with several neighbors and no one else had heard or seen anything unusual. One neighbor said that there had been several sightings in San Diego the same night.

If anyone else has contacted you about seeing the same thing that night it would be interested in hearing about it.

Sincerely,

Walter, Calif. 90601