Palo Alto, Calif., February 1950February 1950

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On February 7, 1950, two separate sightings were reported to the Air Force. In Palo Alto, California, a female attorney reported observing a fiery tail object at 5:50 p.m. moving slowly and gaining altitude at a heading of 225 degrees. In Alameda, California, two male civilians reported seeing a bright silver conical object 18 feet in diameter at 5:30 p.m. The object hovered, moved to a new position, and hovered again while changing from a perpendicular to a horizontal position. It was observed for 10 minutes and was described as looking like an ice cream cone. The objects were moving at 60 to 70 miles per hour at altitudes between 2500 and 5000 feet. No Air Force evaluation is stated on the pages provided.

Reported location

Palo Alto, Calif., February 1950

Date of incident

February 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

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ATIC RECORD CARD
ATIC NO. [blank] DATE OF INFO 7 Feb 1950
AF HQ. [blank] LOCATION Palo Alto, Calif.
REPORT NO. [blank] SOURCE Female Attorney
DATE OF REPORT 14 Feb 1950 DATE IN TO ATIC [blank]
TIME OF SIGHTING 1750 PST COLOR Fiery Tail
SHAPE Conical SPEED Slow - Gained
SIZE [blank] ALTITUDE High
COURSE 225 degrees LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED [blank]
NO. IN GROUP 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Train
SOUND [blank] MANEUVERS [blank]
PHOTOS [blank] SKETCHES 1
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)
[redacted section]

ATIC NO. [blank] DATE OF INFO 7 Feb 1950
AF HQ. [blank] LOCATION Alameda, Calif.
REPORT NO. Military Letter SOURCE Two male civilians
DATE OF REPORT 8 Feb 1950 DATE IN TO ATIC [blank]
TIME OF SIGHTING 1730 PST COLOR Bright silver
SHAPE Conical SPEED 60 - 70 MPH
SIZE 18' Diameter ALTITUDE 2500'-5000'
COURSE Erratic LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED 10 Min.
NO. IN GROUP 1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground
SOUND [blank] MANEUVERS Hovered and then would move to new position and hover. Would change-from-perpendicular position to horizontal while in flight
PHOTOS [blank] SKETCHES 1 Remarks: Object viewed for 10 minutes in an erratic course, hovering at times then changing position and course. It was described as looking like an ice cream cone.
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)
[redacted section]

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