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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 11 December 1957 | 2. LOCATION Guthrie & Parkersburg, West Virginia | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2200 Local GMT 12/0300Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☑ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☑ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☑ Was Astronomical moon ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 - 40 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE…

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|  COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | United States | REPORT NO. | IR-1-57  |
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|  AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT  |   |   |   |
|  AREA REPORT CONCERNS | Parkersburg, Ohio  |   |   |
|  AGENCY OF ORIGIN | 58th Air Division (Defense) | DATE OF REPORT | 17 December 1957  |
|  SOURCE OF INFORMATION | 2nd Lt Wayne A. Rhoades, 783rd ACWRON Avenger White Flight, 87th FIS | DATE OF INFORMATION | 11 December 1957  |
|  PREPARING OFFICER | JUANITA MANCHA, 2nd Lt, USAF | EVALUATION | B-2  |

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ORIGINATING AGENCY
58th Air Division (Defense)
REPORT NO.
IR-1-57
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Unidentified Flying Objects Report (Ref AFR 200-2 dtd 12 Aug 54)

1. Description of the object:
a. Shape: Crescent
b. Size: Larger than aircraft
c. Color: Orange
d. Number: One (1)
e. Negative
f. Negative
g. Negative
h. Negative
i. Negative

2. Description of Course of Object:
a. What first called the attention of observer to object: Glowing appearance
b. Angle of elevation and azimuth of the object when first observed: 100° (Approximately 20° above horizon)
c. Angle of elevation and azimuth of object upon dis…

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|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 6 PAGES  |
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|  58th Air Division (Defense) | IR-1-57 |   |

b. 6,000 340° / 30k
10,000 350° / 35k
16,000 350° / 25k
20,000 340° / 25k
30,000 310° / 30k
40,000 270° / 25k
50,000 270° / 35k
c. 3500 (light snow)
d. 10 - 15 miles
e. Scattered to broken
f. None

8. None

9. None

10. Location of any air traffic in the area at the time of sighting: Lockbourne AFB, operations stated that several B-47's landed shortly after 0400Z, 12 Dec 57, and were possibly in the loca…

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|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | REPORT NO. | PAGE 4 OF 6 PAGES  |
|  58th Air Division (Defense) | IR-1-57 |   |

1.
a. Circular
b. Quarter
c. Orange
d. One (1)
e. N/A
f. N/A
g. None
h. None
i. None

2.
a. Size and color
b. Level 30,000 at 10° port. I was heading 020°.
c. Same position, only higher
d. Remained stationary
e. Did not disappear

3.
a. Airborn visual
b. None
c. F-86L, 604; Avenger White 2; 30,000; 020°; 350 knots Lockbourne AFB, Ohio

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|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | 58th Air Division (Defense) | REPORT NO. | IR-1-57 | PAGE 5 OF 6 PAGES  |
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1.
a. Almost circular, possibly flat
b. Baseball
c. Red
d. One (1)
e. N/A
f. None
g. None Visible
h. None
i. Looked like red moon. Appeared to close in range and move away again.

2.
a. At first appeared to be tail cone of jet. I pulled up clear, however, azimuth did not change.
b. 20° low,…

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|  58th Air Division (Defense) | IR-1-57 |   |

1.
a. Circular, possibly flat
b. Quarter
c. Orange
d. One (1)
e. N/A
f. None
g. Undiscernable
h. Not heard
i. None

2.
a. Color
b. Level 10° - 15° port, 090°, 34,000, 325k indicated while climbing
c. Same
d. Became larger and smaller and varied in azimuth.
e. Did not appear
f. 30 minutes

3.
a. Airborne visual
b. None
c. F-86L, Avenger White 1, 34,000, 090°, 324k, Lockbourne AFB.

4.
a. 0300Z, 12 Dec 57
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Extract from SDO Report, 11-12 Dec 57

AFCIN-4E4 AFCIN-4X2a 12 Dec 57
Maj T J Connair, Jr/dmt
59117/B 263/P A37

Following is an extract from SDO Capt M Mariolis report of 11 December 57 for your information and necessary action:

11 December 57
" 2210 - Received call from Capt Lybarger, Op's Officer Flight Services, 2046th AACS. Lybarger stated that he had received a UFOB Report and will send to ATIC."

12 December 57
" 0100 - Received call from 58th Air Division, Capt Podvosjki, Senior Controller, who stated that he received report from two fighter aircraft, radar equipped, that they had pic…