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I aaw a small round ob ject M<! very hip;h 0500 hours 16 July 1949. It gave oft a glitter or sl~sm as the r~fleotion of the sun r ays hit it.

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SHEET NO. 1 CONTROL TOWER LOG DATE 13 July 1949

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NOTICED STRANGE GllOW IN TirC; Sl'.:Y ENE OF HERE . DID NOT MOVE , LOOKED 801:-E!ill. ~ T SThfiLAR TO THE; MOON ','w1lEN IT RI SES ONI Y S~.L~~LER , .. UID I'l' F .ADI.;D IN AND OUT . HAD J.N A/C CK BUT COULD S~ NO* THING. NEITHER MCC NOR MHR T NR COULD SEE .ANY THING. • OFF DUTY /s/ R R Van Bayn /s/ c. Boghosian 2 PR BINOCS PRES • • •

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2 . Exact Time (local) 0500-o520 PST

3· Place of Observation Fairti~ld-Suisun -~~8, c~ lif.

4. Position of observer Control tower through 7X binooulara

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21. Manner of disappoaranco Obeoured by l~y~r ot ha&e.

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The fo l l owin:; 1 :1 ~uloun ~ir Foro~ Oass 0500 and 0520 p~t .

a r e oort o i' o.n obae.r1ation made f ro!!l ";h9 F irf'ield-' -c or.t rol to·:~er 0:1 16 cJ:1ly l 9t ? bEsh~on ti.e hours

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The ~e~tha :- o. t ~he tin:e was ol .:ar Yt th 20 r;,iles v is i b i 1 ity e xcept f o:- a t"o~ uar.k ov r the hills ~'6tween Cordo l i!l ar.d Vs.l l ejo ax:d a thin h.:i zs laya~, ba3e 304, 000 ft ove r the So.n ?~blo ~.

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180° ahead of the ~un O"" this date. Wi t h allo\o'SnCP for errol: in di r r·ction ( ?f 0 )

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no movemant "-'B.S noticed. 1f this object "rere actually Jt.~iter t ·· P'" t her e !"rc··l.:l

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TOr Commanding General Air Materiel Command \ir j ght-Patterson Air Force Base ·.-rr ight Field, Ohio

dated 1. rursuant to t he pr ovlsio:::J.s of &.A..C Rat;u l ation 200 - 5, 1 3 !)ooarr.ber 194.8 , t he follo -.·lins information on a flying disc subr.i t tod r

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b . Weather at t he ti=ne : 'deather at t ha tbe of the siEhting was clear with un limit e d visibilit~y .

c . Names , occupHtion , end addresses of wit n esses ' Trhnsmi~ted here~~th as inclosur es 1 , 2, 3, and 4 ar o eye­wi tne~s e.cc oux:.t s froZt t ha fo l lo·:ti.nc; mi 1 ita~· per soru:el r .

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A s16hti.ns o: an u:1ido.."1.tifiablo object v;s.s :nado by S&f; R. R. Von Bar:;n , Co:::1t r ol To,ver Operato r, 190lst A.-\!;S Squ!.l<L-on, Fo.irfiold-Suisun J47B , Call~ornia, at 23~0 hours , 13 July 1349• It is believad the objoc t c oul d havo ea:Ji ly bee:=-1 o. ... , J 3..'1.0t or -other heavon l y bo~ xud t her ofor a ·Na~ not r eport ~d a3 o. d)sc si;hting. An ox:t r o.cc of tho Contro l Towor Los 3 i-ri...'1g the si ~htins information is transmlttdd her.e\rlt h o.s inclosure ~.

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1. The following is a report of an observation made from the F~irtield-Suisun Air Force Base control tower on lt July 1949 bet~een the houra 0500 and 0520 pst.

2. 'At approxi~ately 0500 , l t July 1949, T/Sgt Vita, the control tower operator on duty, asked me to go up in the tower t o observe t his particular pheno~na. Upon arriving in the tower S~ Vita t ol d me posi tion to look with the seven power binoculars avails ble and as ked me what I sa·,,. Tbe position was approx. 215 Deg. mag and approx. 3 to 5 deg. elevation. At an altitude that I would judge to be well above 35,000 ft. and at an undetermined distance, but further than 100 miles, there appeared to be a ver7 large sphere, of unknown size and composition. The sun w9 s just coming above the horizon·and the sphere seemed to reflect the sunlight mch the same as the aluminum skin of an atrplane. There was no apparent motion to the sphere although the winds above 35,000 rt are usually quite strong and westerly. The sphere remained under observation until 0520 when it w_.a obac:urred by a layer ot haze, at about 3,000 tt, over the Vallejo area.

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At e.pproxime.t~ly 0340 I ~e.w a li ;rht i n the sky t o the southwest. It npp oe.r ed nt f irst r,l ence to be q s tnr :;.s it ·:;as considsro.bly above the r.o r lzon. It s llo·,...n with o. y \Jllo ,;ish ·.vhi te lie; lrt with n o t·:r.inkl e what so ­o~er. nftor · several gl ances ev~11r few F-inutes I l ooked at it throu gh field c;lasnos . The l i ght -w-as still yellotri.sh white V.!1.d. was p t;; rfectly -

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