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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 1 September 1958 | 2. LOCATION | Wheeler AFB, Tripoli, Lybia  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 01/2215Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual Ground-Redder Air-Visual Air-Intercept Redder  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 1. 2 mins 2. 90 secs | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE |   | NW to SE  |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  |   |   |   |
|  Rnd, bluish-white cbj, first size of a large star, then grew to size of a baseball, then diminished to its original …

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4 Sep 58 07 43
471C
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4 Sep 58 07 43
471C
4-412a
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CZCSQA3 2C 1A135
PP RJEDSO
ZDK
AKE 53
PP RJEZHC RJEDNN RJEDSO
D RJTCAK 28A
P 03 815Z
FM CCNDR 7272D AE WG WHEELUS AF LIEYA
TO RJEDNN/CCNDR ADC ENT AFE COLO
RJEDSCA/CCNDR ATIC WRIVT PATTERSON AFE CHIC
RJEZHC/HEDUSAF WASHDC
INFO RJFPLD/CCNDR USAFE ADVON RAMSTEIN GERMANY
REDLC/CINCNELN LONDON ENGLAND
RFTPC/CCNDR SIXTH FLEET
ZEN/CNDR AF 17 WHEELUS AF LIEYA
BT
UNCLASSIFIED FROM WCIN 03-J-1251. HEDU AF ATTN: ACS/INTELLIGENCE AND
OFFICE OF INFO SVCS. USAFE ADVON ATTN: IAI. UFO REPORT.…

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FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AT SPEEDS VARYING FROM VERY EAST TO VERY
SLOW AT WHICH TIME OBJECT APPEARED TO HOVER MOTIONLESS. (5) FADED
CUT TO THE SOUTHEAST. (6) 5 SECONDS. G. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(1) GROUND-VISUAL. (2) NONE. (3) N/A. I. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING. (1) 3315 Local 2215Z, 1 SEPTEMBER 1958. (2) MOONLIT NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVATION: (1) WHEELUS AIR BASE TRIPOLI LIEVA, 3254N 71317E.

F. CIVILIAN, TECH REP, PHILCO CORP., AGE 35,
NEW YORK, N.Y. G. WEATHER: (1) MOONLIT NIGHT, LIGHT EAST WIND,
TWO-TENTHS CLOUD COVER. (2) WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY: 24° Z, 1 S…

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SEP 4 80 03 '58
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2nd Report

NNNNCZCSQA231 847
PP RJEDSQ
ZDK
AKA105
PP RJEZHQ RJEDNN RJEDSQ
DE RJTCAK 103A
P 031410Z
FM CCMDR 7272D AE WG WHEELUS AF LIEYA
TC RJEDNN/COMDR ADC ENT AFP COLO
RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC WORIGHT PATTERSON AFE OHIO

RJEZHO/HEDUSAF WASHDC
INFO RJFPLD/COMDR USAFE ADVON
REDLC/CINCNELM LONDON ENG
RETPC/COMDR 6TH FLEET
ZEN/COMDR AF 17 WHEELUS AE LIEYA
AF GRNC
BT

UNCLASSIFIED FROM WCIN 73-J-1271. HEDUSAF ATTN: ACS/INTELLIGENCE AND OFFICE OF INFO SVCS. USAFE ADVON ATTN: IAI. UFC REPORT.

REFERENCE MY MESSAGE WCIN-73-J-1251. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT:
(1) ROUND. (2) OBJECT WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL. (3) REDDISH
(4) ONE. (5) N/A. (6) NONE. (7) NONE. (8) NONE. (9) NONE.

B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (1) MOVEMENT OF OBJECT. (2) IN WHAT DIRECTION
(3) TWENTY DEGREES. (4) OBJECT FOLLOWED A STRAIGHT PAID P…

30 THOUSAND-240 W/SW AT 45 KNOTS; 50 THOUSAND-240 W/SW AO 40 KNOTS. (3) SOLIDS
SOVEREAST AT FOURTEEN THOUSAND FEET. (4) VISIBILITY 10 MILES. (5)
SAME AS (3). (6) NONE. H. AT THE 2400Z OBSERVATION, THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE INVERSION FROM THE SURFACE (24 DEGREES
CENTIGRADE) TO ONE THOUSANDHFEET (5.6 DEGREES CENTIGRADE). I.
NO INTERCEPT ACTION TAKEN. J. NO KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA
AT TIME OF SIGHTLING. K. COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: CAPTAIN
BRUCE K. HERBRUCK, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 7272D AIR BASE WING:
OBSERVER IS A HIGHLY TRAINED, EXPERIENCED CSI INVESTIGATOR. HIS
OBSERVATIONS …

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CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF AICRAFT AND AIR ACTIVITIES. HE DENIED THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ANY TYPE OF AICRAFT KNOWN TO HIM BECAUSE ITS SPEED VARIED SO GREATLY, IT HAD NO NAVIGATIONAL LIVTS, AND IT MADE NO SOUND. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAS SEEN THIS OBJECT, THE OTHER TIME BEING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS WIFE ALSO SAW THE OBJECT TWO WEEKS AGO. NO KNOWN HELICOPTERS, OTHER AIRCRAFT, CEILOMETERS, OR WEATHER BALLOONS WERE IN THE AREA. CGI, THOUGH IN OPERATION, HAD NO UNUSUAL OBSERVATION. A SIMILAR SIVTING. AT THE SAME TIME BY ANOTHER OBSERVER FROM ANOTHER LOCATION ABOUT FIV…

AT 02.26 UT SEPT.02 SOUTH OF CITY, 01 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
AT 03.43 UT SEPT.02 SOUTH OF CITY, 37 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
MONTANA, TINO

AT 04.09 UT AUG. 31 SOUTH OF CITY, 15 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
AT 06.20 UT SEPT.02 SOUTH OF CITY, 22 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
AT 07.34 UT SEPT.01 SOUTH OF CITY, 09 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
TOACCO, WEST VIRGINIA

AT 22.11 UT AUG. 28 SOUTH OF CITY, 25 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
AT 22.32 UT AUG. 30 SOUTH OF CITY, 69 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
AT 21.35 UT AUG. 31 SOUTH OF CITY, 35 DECREES ABOVE PORTION MOVING NE
AT…