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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 11 Nov 57 | 2. LOCATION | Springfield, Missouri  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 2130 GMT 12/0330Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Reder ☐ Air-Intercept Reder  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | not reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. COURSE | SE | 10. OTHER | ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Bright obj slowly approached from West. Egg shaped, size 12 x 16'. Ribbed cage or framwork. Purring…

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July 8, 1964

Capt. Hector Quintanilla Jr.
Project Bluebook
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir, Having read an article in our Sun News and Leader by Emil R. Swilis entitled, "Probing Flying Saucers," I have decided to write to you about an incident that has puzzled us since Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 1957, Mon. we near 9:30 P.M. when my husband returned home from a meeting in Springfield, Mo. and called to me to come outside to see something. We rushed

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out and stood by the garage watching a bright object slowly approaching from the west. It seemed to be egg-shaped, near 16' high by 12' across judging it by the size of 1/2 our silo. We live on a farm seven mi. southeast of Spafford. The light inside the object was so bright it was blinding but I do remember noticing the rib cage or framework and trying so hard to distinguish some object inside as it seemed to have paused soundlessly about 100 yards from us. Then we heard a faint purr of a motor and it zoomed away to the

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southeast and was out of sight in seconds leaving us standing there in amazement wondering what we had really seen. Thinking there would be exciting news on the TV at 10:00 PM we were astounded that there was no mention made of it and not a neighbor or anyone that we told about it had seen anything unusual. I made notes about the incident thinking sometime I would learn the proper agency to which it should be reported.

Do you have anything on record of sighting objects on that date? We wish so much to learn more about this strange craft. ~~Your study,~~

Rogersville, Mo. 63742

ROGERSVILLE
JUL 8
PM
1904
MO.

Air Force Capt. Hector Quintanilla Jr.
Project Bluebook
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDEW

SUBJECT: UFO Sighting (11 Nov 57, Springfield, Missouri) 15 Jul 64

TO: Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser)
Wash D C 20330

1. Reference the attached letter from [redacted] regarding an unidentified flying object report on 11 Nov 57.

2. Our records indicate no reports from the Springfield, Missouri area on 11 Nov 57. However, an FTD Form 164 may be forwarded to them to fill out. It should be stated t…

July 24, 1964

Dear Mr. and Mrs.

This is in reply to your letter of July 8, 1964, addressed to the Project Blue Book office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in which you reported seeing an unidentified flying object on November 11, 1957.

Inclosed is an Air Force FTD Form 164, "U.S. Air Force Technical Information" questionnaire. If you would complete this form in as much detail as possible and return it to this Headquarters, our Project Office will endeavor to evaluate your sighting and advise you of the analysis. It must be noted, however, that due to the length of time which has elapsed…