Harvey Mountain, Calif., August 1962August 1962

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Summary

On August 24, 1962, a forest lookout at Harvey Mountain, California, reported objects falling from the sky. The location was about 40 miles northwest of Susanville. The time was about 2100Z, in the afternoon.

The lookout saw about twelve disc-shaped, parachute-like objects of white reflective material flutter to the ground over a six to seven mile radius. Pieces of white tinfoil, about one fourth inch by six inches, were found scattered over a wide area and were collected for analysis.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a chaff drop. The pieces of foil were forwarded to the Foreign Technology Division.

Reported location

Harvey Mountain, Calif., August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

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7. LENGTH OF CR5ERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cine [TERR ha i Te SE AR Nr Re
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| 3 0 Unknown
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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