USAF record 302546354

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2 December 65 03/03162 2. LOCATION Santa Susana, California 3. SOURCE Civilian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Not Reported 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 14 hours 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 7. COURSE Not Reported 8. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [HW: No] 10. CONCLUSION Possible Astro (VENUS) [HW: Positional data missing in area too long for balloon sighting at night] 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object bright pinkish, three-quarters the size of the moon. Appeared to have a zig-zag course. Observed for 14 hours. VENUS in SW at time of report in process of setting. Probable over estimate on size. No other reports from this area at the time of the report. No likely that an object 3/4 size of moon would be visible for over 1 hour and go unnoticed over the state of California.

FORM PTO SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used