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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 30 October 1953 | 2. LOCATION | Oblong, Illinois  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 30/2250Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 10 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | seven  |
|  9. COURSE | not given | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | One rnd, silver obj w/a dark center & six smaller solid discs clustered around the larger in a ring formation. Several of the smaller discs moved away fm the la…

/UNCLASSIFIED/ OPS 1463 PD. SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
REPORT PD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, DATED 5 FEB 58, THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED:

ITEM 1. A. ROUND
B. UNK-3122?
C. SILVER
D. SIX
E. RING FORMATION
F. NONE
G. NONE
H. NONE

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I. NONE

ITEM 2. A. HAPPENED TO NOTICE THEM
B. 10,000 TO 50,000
C. INTO SUN
D. NONE
E. INTO SUN
F. 10 MIN

ITEM 3. A. EYE SIGHT
B. NONE
C. NONE

ITEM 4. A. 30 OCT/2250Z 7,250-G = 1050
B. DAY

B. N/A

ITEM 7. A. CLEAR-SUN SETTING
B. SURFACE NOTH 7 KNOTS
6,000--010/20 N
10,000-360/20 N
16,000-350/30 N

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20,000-350/30 N
30,000-350/30 N
50,000-290/35 N
80,000-N/A N

C. 07 NW 5
D. 7 MILES
E. NONE
F. NONE

TEX 8. NONE
TEM 9. NONE
TEM 10. NONE
TEM 11. 2/LT. GOREON W. SCHIEFELBEIN, DUTY DIRECTOR
TEM 12. NONE

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JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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4EY
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PRECEDENCE
ACTION PRIORITY
INFO
TYPE MSG (Check)
BOOK
MULTI
SINGLE
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ACCOUNTING SYMBOL
AF
ORIG. OR REFERS TO
OPS 1463
CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE
UNCL

FROM:
COMDR, ATIC

TO: COMDR, 782ND ACWRON, ROCKVILLE AFS, IND. BEDAH
/UNCLASSIFIED/FROM: AFCIN-4E4 11-26-11-1
REF YOUR TT MSG OPS 1463, DTD 31 OCT 58, REPORTING AN UFO SIGHTING IN OBLONG, ILL. REQUEST A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, DTD 5 FEB 58. THE INFO SUBMITTED IS VERY MEAGRE AND THIS CENTER CAN…

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TO COMDR AIR TECH. INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO
BT
/UNCLASS/ OPS 1559. REFERENCE YOUR MESSAGE
AFCIN-4E-11-2641-E, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED:
STATEMENT FROM MR. [redacted], OBLONG, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: ON
30 OCT 58, AT APPROXIAMTLY 2250Z, MR. [redacted] AND MYSELF
WERE MANNING OUR GOC POST WHEN WE NOTICED A PECULIAR FORMATION IN THE
SKY, COMPOSED OF ONE ROUND, SILVER OBJECT WITH A DARK CENTER AND
SIX SMALLER, SOLID, SILVER DISCS CLUSTERED AROUND THE…

REPORT THE SIGHTING TO GOC FILTER CENTER, TERRE HAUTE, WHILE MR. HOUSLEY CONTINUED TO WATCH. ALL OBJECTS FADED PRIOR TO MY RETURN. THE OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED CONTINUOUSLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. THE INVESTIGATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS, POSSIBLE FLIGHTS IN THE AREA, ETC. FAILED TO FURNISH A CLEW TO THE IDENTITY OF THE OBJECTS SIGHTED. THE INVESTIGATION FAILED TO CONFIRM THE REPORTED SIGHTING BY ANY OTHER SOUJSE. THE INVESTIGATION OFFICERS GAVE NO POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OR SUGGESTION CONCERNING IDENTITY.

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