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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION rh K 4 12, CONCLUSIONS AC ( Kan 2ou > O Was Balloon 4 Jan 58 May PRABSS O Probably Bolloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GO Possioly Balloon t eco! dawn 3X Ground: Vi sual GO Ground-Radar se : eee Ate craft GMT 0 Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircrott $. PHOTOS 5» SOURCE O Was Astronomical O Yes O Probably Astronomical ON) Civilian O Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE a Oak pe sce de igs ht Se el O Insufficient Data for Evaluation ; GO Unknown o9 mins one iN inp 10, BRIEF SUMMAR…

Se IT LE ae a eee a Ne DID PET RNIN RUNAR  eteta rn ayaa wecgt er TOE BP hp teat! =p 2:2 he a) 1@SO.a ( A o ) uarv’\ , 195& Jrignit-Patterso: Air Force Base Dayton, Chic Gentlemen: After spending the night of January 3rd at t:e Sleepy Hollow iotel in Mankato, Kansas, my wife and [ iotored east on Highway 36. I started out witl the headlig: ts on but switched to the park- ing lights after a few miles. We were driving at anproximately 60 miles per hour wren my wife said, "Wheat isthat?" and motioned to the rig: t. To say I was surprised at what I saw woulc be an understatement. At about lS degre…

pase 2 Before sie could get her camera focused again I sew that the nose of the plane was disannearing and tolc her to hurry or she would be too late tc get 2 picture. She leok.:d ana raised the camera but didn't taie tne picture as the plane was disapoearing in a:. irregular line and continued to do so back throush the cockpit and finaily through the tail until all that was left was the white Lignt of the aerial which showed for a few moments and then was gone. The sky wes clouded in that direction and only two lines of ligrt frorthe sun could be seer after t:e plane disanpeared. Cne was in L…

SAFIS-3/Maj Tacker/ jma/74966/2 58 24 February 1958 Dear Mr. This is to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of 20 January 1958 addressed to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, concerning an unidentified flying object. The object you observed was probably one of the new radar-search aircraft desigated WRe2. This aircraft has the same general configuration of a strato-cruiser, as mentioned in your letter. For your information illustrations of this type aireraft are inclosed, together with latest Department of Defense Pact Sheet on this subject, dated 5 November 1957. Thank you again for…