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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 6-7 August 1958 | 2. LOCATION | Tripoli, Lybia  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 06/1815Z-1830Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 2 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE |   |   | South  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   |   | Blue to bluish-red flash of light, about 2 ft across, which lit up area briefly.  |
|  11. COMMENTS |   |   | Bluish flash moving south. Obj
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10 RUEDDU COMDR ADO ENT AFD COLORADO SPRINGS COLORADO
RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB DAYTON OHIO
RJEZHQ/HEDUSAF
RJEZHQ/HEDUSAF
INFO RJFPLD/USAFE ADVON RAMSTEIN GERMANY
RBFRF/CINCNELM NAPLES ITALY
RBTPC/COMDR SIXTH FLEET
ZEN/COMDR 17 AF WHEELUS AB LIBYA
AF GRNC
BT
UNCLASSIFIED FROM WOIN 08-H-288. ATTN: ACS/INTELLIGENCE
ATTN: OFFICE OF INFO SVCS. UFO REPORT.

A. DESLWUUCWON OF OBJECT: (1) NO DEFINABLE SHAPE; MORE LIKE A FLASH OF LIGHT. (2) ABOUT TWO FEET ACROSS. (3) BLUE-BLUISH RED. (4) THIS REPORT COVERS EITHER TWO OR THREE SEPARATE SIGHTINGS EACH OF SINGLE OBJECT. ONE OBSERVER SIGHTED 
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GARDEN CITY CIRCLE AND THE FIAT GARAGE, TRIPOLI, ONE HALF BLOCK
FORM IRAQI LEGATION. F. (1) TECHNICAL SERGEANT, DEPT
DET 3, 7480TH SUPPLY OP (SA), MCR, BASE THEATER, B RELIABILITY. (2) MASTER SERGEANT, HQ, 7272D AIR BASE WING, NCOIC, WING PLANS AND OPNS, B RELIABILITY. G. WEATHER:
(1) FIRST OBSERVATION ONE THOUSAND FOOT CLOUD COVER; SECOND OBSERVATION CLEAR NO WIND. (2) WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY: 6 AUGUST SURFACE ESE AT 3 KNOTS, SIX THOUSAND-240 AT 10 KNOTS, TEN THOUSAND WOW AT 20 KNOTS, 16 THOUSAND-020 AT 15 KNOTS, 20 THOUSAND-020 AT 15 KNOTS. 7 AUGUST: SURFACE ESE AT 4 KNOTS, SIX THOUSAND-
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PAGE THREE RJTOAK 45A

I. NONE. J. SEE COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER. K. COMMENT OF CAPTAIN B. K. HERBRUCK, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, 7272D AIR BASE WING: SIGHTINGS WERE MADE INDEPENDENTLY. OBSERVERS WERE ON ADJACENT BALCONIES OF ADJACENT SECOND-STORY APARTMENTS SEPARATED BY A HIGH WALL. THOUGH THERE WAS MUCH LOCAL JET TRAFFIC AT THE HOUR OF OBSERVATIONS, THERE WAS NO ACCOMPANYING NOISE BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER THE SIGHTING. OBSERVER STATED THAT OBJECT WAS TOO BLUE AND PATH TOO HORIZONTAL FOR FALLING OR SHOOTING STAR. NO EVIDENCE OF SEARCHLIGHT OR CEILOMETER ACTIVITY IN AREA. ONE OBSERVER COMP

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