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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 11 Oct 52  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | EAST MOLINE, ILL  |
|  3. DATE/TIME GROUP | Local 11/1003 CST 11/1603 Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air Visual ☐ Sound Radar ☐ Air Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ X X X ☐ MRUSSED Civilian woman  |
|  6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  7. COURSE | 1  |

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF PROJECTS
While awaiting traffic light, civilian woman observed object "shaped like a hat box with an inverted saucer on top" with port holes around the side.

11. SUMMARY
1. Poor report.
2. Inexperienced observer.

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14 Oct 52 08 04
2. Atia
1. Atiaa
3. 0. file

ACTION

RE JEDWP

DE UECHI 329

R 131820Z

FM ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL ROCK ISLAND ILL
TO MILITARY FLIGHT SVC WRIGHT FIELD DAYTON OHIO
WD GRNC

FROM E.H. MANN CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION QUAD CITY AF MOLINE
ILLINOIS TT 5385
AT 1003 C ON 11 OCTOBER 1952 THE FOLLOWING SIGHTING WAS MADE BY MRS.
OF CARBON CLIFF ILLINOIS WHILE STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT WEST BOUND AT 7TH STREET AND 17TH
AVE EAST MOLINE OBSERVED AN OBJECT WHICH SHE DESCRIBED AS SHAPED LIKE
"A HAT BOX WITH AN INVERTED SAUCER ON TOP PD IN OTHER WORDS
SQUARED OFF BOTTOM AND ROUNDED TOP AND…

AR 111-5
JOINT MESSAGEFORK
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER NO.

SPACE ABOVE FOR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ONLY

FROM: (Originator)
CG ATIC

TO: CG ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL ROCK ISLAND ILL

INFO:

FROM: AFOIN-ATIAA-10-152

Reference your TWX concerning sighting made by Mrs. J. J. H. H. H. on 11 Oct 52. It is the policy of Project Blue Book that the reporting agency will use its own discretion in determining whether the sighting is of sufficient importance to transmit to this office. It is the opinion of this office that the sighting made by Mrs. ATIAA-5 Fails into the unimportant category.

|  SECURITY CLASSIFICA…

2 ATIC
2. Atic
1. Atica
2. Atic
1. C. files

ACTION
PARAPHASE NOT RECORDED. SEE CRYPTIC-CENTER
BEFORE DECLASSIFYING

NR 5679 C-1 PRIORITY
FM WILMINGTON DEL 13 963 92
TO CG ATIX WPAFB OHIO ATTN:ATIAA-2C
CG ADC ENT AFB COLO
CG 26 AIRDIV ROSLYN NY
CS USAF WASHDC ATTN: DIR OF INTELL

CITE FSCO 9453 FLYORP.
IAW WITH AFL 293-5 THE FOLG RPT IS SUBMITTED:
1. UNIDENTIFIED OBJ WAS FIRST SIGHTED AS A VERY BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT WHILE OBSERVING ACFT WAS ON CAP AFTER BEING SCRANBLED ON AN AIR BEF MISSION. OBJ WAS AT FIRST BELIEVED TO BE A STAR BUT THIS WAS DISCOUNTED DUE TO THE EXTREME BRILLIANCE OF THE OBJ…

AIR DEF MISSION. OBJ WAS AT FIRST BELIEVED TO BE A STAR BUT THIS
WAS DISCOUNTED DUE TO THE EXTREME BRILLIANCE OF THE OBJ AND ITS SIZE
IN COMPARISON WITH STARS IN THE AREA. THE NEXT IMPRESSION WAS THAT
THE OBJ WAS AN ACFT WITH LANDING LIGHTS ON AS THE BRIGHT OBJ APPEARED
TO LOSE ALT SLIGHTLY. OBJ THEN APPEARED TO THE OBSERVERS AS CIRCULAR
IN SHAPE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MID WING WITH APRX 39 DEGREES
DIKEDRAL. DIRECTLY BELOW AND AS A PART OF THE CIRCULAR SECTION
OF THE OBJ THERE APPEARED A TAIL OF TRIANGULAR SHAPE OF WHITE LIGHT
WHICH VARIED IN SIZE. THE OBJ AT THIS STAGE WAS LIKENED TO
AN F…