DOW-UAP-D177, Relatório de UAP Não Resolvido, Ilha de Santa Catalina, 1955

[PAGE 1] PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD. 1. DATE: 15 March 1955. 2. LOCATION: Avalon, Catalina Isle, California. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local —; GMT unknown. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual. 5. PHOTOS: No. 6. SOURCE: Civilian. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 seconds. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one. 9. COURSE: straight down. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round. Changed from orange to red. Very bright. Fell straight down. 11. COMMENTS: Probable meteor. 12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Astronomical — Meteor. DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 923007. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) [PAGE 2] UFOB INDEX CARD. 1. DATE: 15 March 1955. 2. LOCATION: Catalina Isle, California. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 15/2231 Z Mar 55 (GMT). 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual. 5. PHOTOS: No. 6. SOURCE: Civilian. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: approx 2 seconds. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one (1). 9. COURSE: straight down. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One (1) object, approx the size of a nickel held at arm's length, very bright and orange in color, was observed to fall straight down in the vicinity of Catalina Isle. 11. COMMENTS: Possibly astronomical, but due to the brevity of the sighting, no further investigation was deemed worthwhile by this organization (4602d AISS). 12. CONCLUSIONS: Possibly Astronomical. AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) [PAGE 3] DE JWPJB 6D R 151900Z FM COC 670TH ACWRON SPEDRO CALIF TO JWPJB/COC 27TH AD DEF NORTON AFB CALIF JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO JEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INT CEN WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO JEPHQ/COMDR DIR OF INT HQ USAF WASH 25 DC BT /UNCLASSIFIED/670TAC C-001 PD IN ACCORD WITH AFR 200-2 PAR 7D CMA REPT OF UNID FLY OBJ THE FOLG IS SUBM CLN 1. A. ROUND B. NICKLE C. ORANGE TO RED D. ONE E. N/A F. NONE G. UNK H. NONE IL VERY BRIGHT 2. A. JUST HAPPEN TO NOTICE B. 45 AT 340 C. 10 AT 340 D. STRAIGHT DOWN E. FADE OUT OF SIGHT F. TWO SECONDS 3. A. GROUND VISUAL B. NONE C. N/A 4. A. NIGHT 5. A. BAKER DOG 3920 AVALON, CATALINA ISLE 6. A. CARR, PAUL J. 222 DESCANSO ST, BOX 622 AVALON, PHONE 5540 OCCUP [handwritten: Prob. Meteor] PAGE TWO JWPJB 6D UNK 7. A. CLEAR DRY AND COOL B. 10A 260-25K 16A 260-25K 20A 260-40K 30A 270-80K 40A 270-70K 80A 270-30K C. UNLIMITED D. UNRESTRICTED E. THIN F. NONE 8. A. NONE 9. A. NONE 10. A. NONE [PAGE 4] 11. A. FLIGHT PATH AND LENGTH OF TIME IN SIGHT, SUGGEST UFOB WAS PROBABLY A METEOR. BRANT, CLIFFORD E. CAPTIAN USAF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 12. A. NONE BT 15/2231Z MAR JWPJB [stamp: 16 MAR 1955] [lower half: illegible bleed-through of another teletype; stamps: INFORMATION, 16 MAR 1955; handwritten: 1 Witness]