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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 10 Jul 58 | 2. LOCATION | Billings, Montana  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 11/0230Z to 03400Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Redor ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Redor  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 1 hr 10 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | three  |
|  9. COURSE | South | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Three objs, thinner & longer than a cigar, very bright golden w/fuzzy outline, in a loose group. First obj was stationary when first sighted, tilted fm ho…

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//UNCLASSIFIED//OPS 481. UFO:

A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS:

(1) LIKE A DIRIGIBLE, BUT THINNER. LIKE A CIGAR, BUT THINNER AND LONGER.

(2) GRAPEFRUIT
(3) VERY BRIGHT GOLDEN (FUZZY OUTLINES)
(4) THREE
(5) LOOSE GROUP
(6) NONE
(7) SECON OBJECT CIRCLED AND LEFT A VAPOR-LIKE TRAIL, QUITE LONG

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AND BRIGHT. THIS TRAIL STOPPED VERY ABRUPTLY.

(8) NONE
(9) EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED

B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS:

(1) FIRST OBJECT WAS NOTICED DUE TO ITS EXTREME BRIGHTNESS AND STRANGE SHAPE.
(2) APPROXIMATELY 1 DEGREES TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, ESTIMATED 33 DEGREES TRUE.
(3) APP…

THIS TIME, FIRST OBJECT APPEARED TO BE TILTED FROM THE HORIZONTAL.
SECOND OBJECT APPROACHED THE FIRST CIRCLED OVER IT, LEAVING A
VAPOR LIKE THEM, AND JOINED UP WITH THE FIRST. THE THIRD OBJECT
THEN JOINED THE FIRST AND SECOND OBJECTS; THE FIRST OBJECT RETURNED
TO THE HORIZONTAL POSITION, AND ALL THREE MOVED RAPIDLY SOUTH
AND FADED.

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(5) GRADUALLY FADED
(6) ONE HOUR, TEN MINUTES

C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(1) GROUND-VISUAL
(2) NAKED EYE AND BINOCULARS (UNKNOWN POWER)
(3) N/A
(4) *Effects + illusory known - people*

D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING;
(1) 11/23 Z TO 11/34 Z JULY 1…

10,000 FT - NOT AVAILABLE

Note: Scattered clouds! at dusk!
Saw young
behind horizon!
objeets free zip!

Three, objeets moved from near the horizon (at 7:30 PM) to 70° + above the horizon (at 8:40 PM) - from 330 to 300 degrees - i.e. Moved Westward 15 degrees at an angle.

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16,000 FT - NOT AVAILABLE
20,000 FT - 290 DEGREES, 15 KNOTS
30,000 FT - 310 DEGREES, 25 KNOTS
45,000 FT
280 DEGREES, 45 KNOTS
50,000 FT - NOT AVAILABLE
80,000 FT - NOT AVAILABLE
(3) UNLIMITED
(4) 50 MILES
(5) NONE
(6) NONE
(7) NONE
a. NONE
b. NONE
c. NONE
d. NONE
e. NONE
f. NONE
g. NONE
h. NONE
i. NONE
j.…

realize how frequently mirages occur. Many persons do not know what a mirage is or what can cause it. First, let me say that a mirage is something real, not a hallucination like a pink elephant. Nor is it an optical illusion. Light may depart appreciably from its nearly straight-line path when exceptional temperature conditions occur in the lower atmosphere, as, for example, when an intensely

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Fig. 2. A lenticular cloud, often mistaken for a flying saucer.

hot or extremely cold layer of air lies close to the earth's surface. The air acts as a sort of lens to bring a…