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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 22 Apr 58 | 2. LOCATION Spangdahlem AFB, Germany |   | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☑ Probably Aircraft & contrai ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local OMT 22/1730Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |   |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military  |   |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE NE | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  10. BRI…

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MM RJEDDN RJEDSQ
DE RJFPTP 58

M 2417502

FM COMDR 10TH TRW

TO RJEDDN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND

RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER

RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF

INFO ZEN/DEPUTY COMDR USAFE ADVON

BT

UNCLAS THIS IS A UFOB MESSAGE.

SHE (SDOUT) LINE LUMINOUS SHAPE ABOUT SIZE OF RB-66 AIRCRAFT.

(5) SPHERE ABOUT SEVENTY TWO FEET IN DIAMETER. How was this determined? Special instruments used?
NOTE: Characteristic of combustion engine

(6) WHITE LUMINOUS FOLLOWED BY BLACK SMOKE CONTRAIL.

(D) ONE

(7) SEE ABOVE

(8) BL…

2 (A) OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED BY PILOT AND PILOT ALERTED OTHER CREW MEMBERS.
(B) OBJECT APPEARED ABOUT FORTY FIVE DEGREES BELOW THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TEN O'CLOCK POSITION.
(C) SAME AS B.
(D) AIRCRAFT WAS AT THIRTY SIX FIVE HUNDRED FEET AND OBJECT'S FLIGHT PATH WAS STREIGHT AND LEVEL ON SAME HEADING.
(E) SUBJECT APPEARED TO FADE OUT.
(F) APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES: - due
3 (A) AIR VISUAL
(B) NEGATIVE
(C) RB-66 54-459, THIRTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET, ZERO THREE ZERO, TAS FOUR FIFTY, SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, GERMANY.
4 ((-) 221730Z APR 58 1730-1 21630
(B) DUSK
5 (A) 48.04 DEGREES NORTH 26.02 DE…

(Hand written: "Not time of sighting, considered the worst for ability to sight and interpret properly) - DUSK ?")

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FITZGERALD, THOMAS J. 1/LT 42ND TRS NAV
RISPOLI, JOHN J. 1/LT 42ND TRS ECM OBS
SUMPTER, THOMAS W. JR. 1/LT 42ND TRS ECM OBS
NATHIS, CLARENCE R. S/SGT 42ND TRS GUNNER

ALL OF THESE PERSONNEL ARE QUALIFIED, RATED PERSONNEL AND ARE CONSIDERED (B) USUALLY RELIABLE.

7 (A) AND UNDERCAST CONDITION EXISTED WITH TOPS APPROXIMATELY AT TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED FEET.

(B) CHAUMONT AIR FORCE BASE WEATHER STATION REPORTED IN ITS TWELVE O'CLOCK OBSERVATION SURFACE WINDS LIGHT …

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CURING PENETRATION AT SPANGDAHLEM AIR FORCE BASE AT 1924Z.

AS OBJECT MAINTAINED A STREIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT PATH

PILOT MANDEUVERED AIRCRAFT FROM ONE SIDE OF THE OBJECT TO THE

OTHER IN ORDER THAT ALL OBSERVERS MIGHT VIEW THE OBJECT

TO THERE WAS NO OTHER AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

11 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 42ND TRS. THIS SIGHTING WAS VARI-

FIED BY SEVEN CREW MEMBERS, THE DISTANCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT

VARIED AMONG THE OBSERVERS. THE OBJECT WAS DISCRIBED AS

SIMULAR TO A LUMINOUS PUFFY WHITE CLOUD FOLLOWED BY A TRAIL

OF BLACK SMOKE. ALTHOUGH THIS SIGHTING COULD HAVE BEEN A

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