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This Navy report, filed in 1959 under the heading "Information, Collection of," went from a commanding officer to the Commandant, Eleventh Naval District, and was signed by direction by C. J. Economou. Its two enclosures describe night sightings of four round, silvery-white objects near San Cayetano Mountain. One witness was Police Officer Orville Clinton of Fillmore, California. The other was Police Sergeant D. A. Kelly of Santa Paula, with Officer Paul Lydick as a second witness. The air traffic control officer at NAS Point Mugu, who prepared the enclosures, called the cause undetermined.
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## O 3. Manner of observation: a. Ground visual. b. No optical aids used. 4. Time and date of sighting: a. Approximately 111123x. b. Light Condition - night. 5. Location of observer: a. Observer was in the City of Fillaore, California on Foothill Drive in the vicinity of the 1000 block. 6. Identifying information of the observer! a. Police Officer Orville CLINTON, of the Fillmore Police Department, age 37, address 430 Central Avenue, Fillmore, California. 7. Weather and winds - aloft conditions at time and place of sighting. a. Observer reported weather very clear with light breezes, stars clearly visible and milky way exceptionally bright. b. Surface wind Omnard Air Force Base at 111100Z was calm, winds - aloft not available. c. Ceiling - clear. d. Visibility - seven miles. e. amount of cloud cover - none. f. No thunderstorms in area. 8. Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological, astronomical, or otherwise, which might account for the sighting. a. None. 9. Interception or identification action taken. a. None. 10. Location of any air traffic in the area at time of sighting. a. Unknown.
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 6 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.