Cambria, CaliforniaDecember 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 1962, in Cambria, California, a witness reported a bright object in the sky that was viewed for about two hours through binoculars. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object appeared to change from an oval to a cylindrical shape and moved slowly in a westerly direction.

The Air Force checked astronomical tables, which showed the planet Venus in the reported position with a brightness of magnitude -4.4. The case was evaluated as the planet Venus.

Reported location

Cambria, California

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

CA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD HE

ET 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. ; ! : O Was Balloon

Bo vecemlion 1960 | CBHDYAS, USLIIONAIR oo |B Erbdbly Bellen |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
EF A Rfid jp O Ground-Radar 0 Vas Aircraft) .
7 0 O Probably Aircraft
1 GMT 20/1255Z-1530%Z a Air Visual O Airintercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft ql
1 ESE PIUINGNE amese minis Tata ce TAS SOURCE nei cn vs FT Was Astronomical Venus
3 O Yes O Probably Astronomical of
i To Civilian O Possibly Astronomical

1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE . | O Other

4 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

b 2 hrs 35 mins one | westerly hy

| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

: Bright obj changing fm oval to cylin- Ephemeris shows planet Venus
3 drical viewed through BX for cer 2 hrs. in position reported with a
4 Obj moved in Westerly direction. Firs magnitude of -4.4,
3 obsvation at 170 dgr azimuth final
1 fading w/dawn at about 50 dgr elev in
South, Green red colored emissions
| fm obj during obsvation. Obj about 1/

E size of moon, Dark spots & holes in

E obj. One distinct large hole in bot-

E tom. Multiple observers, Observer fm
3 local radio station KSLY believed obj
A to be star, all others disagreed.

1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) =
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