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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 17 Apr 38  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Colorado River, Arizona  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local CMT 18/0404Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Redor ☐ Air-Intercept Redor  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 1-2 secs  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | ---  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Brilliant obj bright white or pinkish observed in Grand Canyon. Burned out completely. Believed to be a meteor by witness.  |
|  11. COMMENTS | Meteor sightin…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

AFOIE-R 15 DEC 1958

MEMORANDUM FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, INTELLIGENCE

SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object

Inclosed letter of 9 December 1958, from , Richfield, Utah, is forwarded for appropriate action by your office in accord with provisions of Air Force Regulation 200-2, as amended.

Wilson Ralston

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WILSON RALSTON
Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Chief, Air Service Retent Br
Head Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Director of Installations, DCS/O

Richfield Utah
9 DEC 1958
Extra cc. herewith

Delynn E Anderson
Lt Col U S Air Force
Pentagon

Sir:

At this belated date I write to thank you kindly for your
good letter of 7 MAR 1955. Yours was in response to mine of
31 January 1955, to the Air Adjutant General, requesting permission
to land on T-3. As you will know, we did not do so.

This letter is re two other points, unrelated to above.

Point 1 On the 17 APR 1958, while on duty as mydrographer on
the Colorado River (Ariz), for the U S Geological Survey, at the
mouth of Bright Angel Creek in the mile deep Grand Canyon, the
following quot…

MEMO ROUTING SLIP
MEMO SE FOR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS, CONCURRENCES, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS

|  1 NAME OR TITLE | Col. Glaser | SERIALS | 24 Dec 58 | CIRCULATE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION | AFCIN-4E4 | PAGE | 1 | COORDINATION  |
|  2 | Col. Gilbert |  |  | FILE  |
|   | AFCIN-4E |  |  | INFORMATION  |
|  3 | Maj. Tacker |  | 3 | NECESSARY ACTION  |
|   | SAFIS-3 |  |  | NOTE AND RETURN  |
|  4 |  |  |  | SEE ME  |
|   |  |  |  | SIGNATURE  |

REMARKS
1. The ATIC agrees with Mr. [redacted] that his sighting of 17 April 1958, was a fireball. This case need not be …

17 April 58 Case 1958 7:05 PM

5 January 1959

Dear Mr. [redacted]

The Air Technical Intelligence Center agrees that your
sighting of 17 April 1958 was a fireball.

In regard to Mr. [redacted] sighting of a cylindrical object
executing right-angle turns, I am inclosing United States Air
Force Technical Information Sheet which should be completed by
Mr. [redacted] and submitted to the Air Technical Intelligence Center,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. When the Center
has complete information with regard to Mr. [redacted]'s sighting,
they will attempt to analyse and/or evaluate th…