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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 6 Oct 59  |
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|  2. LOCATION | Approx 13 Mi W of Woodruff, Wisc.  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 2055 CNT  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 15 secs  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | WSW  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Whitish light changing to red as it burned streaking across the sky. About a minute after disappearance of the obj, observers heard four distant sounds, s…

AF FORM 112
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED

|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | LEAVE BLANK  |
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|  U.S.A. | 1. |   |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

**SUBJECT**
Unidentified Flying Object

**AREA REPORTED ON**
Northern Wisconsin

**FROM (Agency)**
Directorate of Intell, 30AD (SAGE)

**DATE OF REPORT**
22 October 1959

**DATE OF INFORMATION**
6 October 1959

**EXCLUDED BY**
B-2

**PREPARED BY (Officer)**
Frederick H. Willcox, Major, USAF

**SOURCE**
Civilian

**REFERENCES (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable)**
None

**SUMMARY:** (Enter concise su…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | Directorate of Intelligence 30th AD (SASS) | REPORT NO. | 1. | PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES  |
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e. Location of observers:
(1) Northern Wisconsin between Buckskin Lake and Booth Lake on the Northwest shore of Booth Lake, one half mile south of the Northern Boundary of Oneida County Line. See attached sketch.

f. Identifying information on observers:
(1) Civilian: 1. [REDACTED], Age 45, [REDACTED], Wis. Illustrator for Wisconsin Conservation Departme…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | Directorate of Intelligence 30th AD (SAGE) | REPORT NO. | 1 | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
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Preliminary Analysis.
The sounds heard, as well as the sighting could have been part of the Northern Lights display. The sighting may also have been a jet aircraft cutting in its afterburner.
Movement of lights within the Aurora Borealis is common. According to the Observatory at the University of Wisconsin, a crackling type of sound or a Brush Dischar…

VILAS CO.
INDIAN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
BURN
(Indico residence)
October 10, 1959.

ONEIDA CO.
X= observation point
at Booth Lake shore line

Cpt. Harry Scarborough
Public Relations Officer
United States Air Force
Madison, Wis.

Sir:

On Oct. 6, 835 p.m. St. T., Mr. [redacted] from Madison and I watched the clear sky with its constellations. Shortly after a passing airliner (or private plane?), presumably going to Woodruff we both recognised a burning substance flying in the direction [redacted] ONE - WSW, as indicated in the above sketch. The very high speed, estimated at leas…