10NMSOf Monterey Peninsula Cal reported light point observation — September 1, 1959

Nothing but the one white light could be observed as it approached and it was about the intensity of a landing light. It is my estimate that when we saw the light initially, it was either east of the Sierras or over those mountains, but no ground reference was available to pinpoint it. Gill if he saw them but he did not, however, he was flying the plane whereas I was devoting my full attention to the light. I'm sure of what I saw though it was faint, because up to this point I thought it was another aircraft and was not expecting anything unusual. As the light passed we continued our turn to the right in an effort to obtain a stern position and thus silhouette the object against the Western sky which still had a faint glow from the setting sun. As it got out over the Pacific the light disappeared and we could see nothing. It is estimated that we had the object under observation from 3 to 5 minutes from the time we first saw it in an easterly sky until it disappeared over the Pacific. We both immediately agreed that we had never seen a similar appearing presentation in our respective flying careers, thus the decision to report it. [handwritten: Very faint blaish. grown squares visible as the object passed due south of the T-33's position. EAST TO WEST (1) NORMAL SCANNING OBSERVED BRIGHT LIGHT (2) APPOX 30 M FEET IN EAST OVER SEIRRA MTS (3) APPOX 40M TO 50M IN WEST OVER PACIFIC (4) FROM E TO WEST LEVEL (5) GOING WEST LIGHT WENT OUT FOR 3 TO 5 SEC BACK ON FOR 10 MORE SEC (6) 3 MIN C. (1) AIR VISUAL (2) NONE (3) T33 AF53-493 30M 360' TAS 340 MCC D. (1) 2 SEPT 0315Z (2) NIGHT FAINT GLOW FROM SUN TO WESTERN HORZ E. TURNED EAST THEN WEST AS OBJECT PASSED OVER A/C J. WHEN FIRST OBSERVED, WAS THE OBJECT EXACTLY TO THE EAST OF THE WITNESSES?