USAF record 28992101

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 11 Apr 61

2. LOCATION Pebble Beach, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT [ILLEGIBLE]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

9. COURSE N

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object like a very bright star with rims of red and brown, whirlwind shape; like a giant gear and a large orange ball; slightly larger than grapefruit but smaller than a volleyball. Object first noticed east of Pebble Beach over water about 30 deg above the horizon. Initial observation object assumed stationary. About 2 minutes later the object disappeared to the North, still at 30 deg elevation.

11. COMMENTS Object could not have been a balloon as direction of motion was against the wind. AB w/c would have been over a NAMU warning area, and should have appeared to gain altitude as it moved toward the observer. The planet Jupiter was in the position indicated and had a magnitude of -1. The witness probably observed the planet Jupiter.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)