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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 13 Feb 58 | 2. LOCATION | West of Wake Island  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 13/0914Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military V/S  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | flash | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | N/A | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Circular greenish-blue obj, size of grapefruit. Gave bright, instantaneous flash. Two obj picked up on radar. Pilot believed he was being "shot at".  |
|  11. COMMENTS |…

4E9 Multi
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Flare 13/09-12 ATIC
UNCLASSIFIED 13 Feb 1947
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|  COUNTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING | DEPART NO. | CLASSIFICATION  |
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|  Hawaii, T. H. | IR-17-58 |   |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  COUNTRY OR PARTS REPORT (CONCERN) | DATE OF INFORMATION | SERIAL OR FILE  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Pacific Ocean | 14 Feb 58 |   |
|  ACTIVITY (CONVEYOR) REPORT | DATE OF COLLECTION | ORGANIZATION  |
|  Collection Operations Div Dir of Collection, ACS/I, Hq PACAF | 28 Feb 58 | ORGANIZATION  |
|  PREPARED INGREDIENT | DATE OF REPORT | ORGANIZATION  |
|  1st Lt …

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Description of object:
1. Shape: circular (fireball)
2. Grapefruit
3. Greenish-blue — Typical Fireball Characteristics
4. One
5. N/A
6. Bright, instantaneous flash.
7. None observed.
8. None observed.
9. The "fireball" was observed directly only by the flight Engineer; however the light of the flash startled both pilots. The engineer was looking through a window at the rear, starboard side of the cabin. The pilots were both at their seats in the c…

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PRICO-C, Hq PACAF

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IR-17-58

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# Identification:

1. Aircraft Commander: Capt William H. Mauret, AO 843363, 421st Air Refueling Sq, pilot, estimated to be reliable (see Comments of Preparing Officer).

2. Co-Pilot: 1st Lt Andrew S. Conner, AO 2094171, 421st Air Refueling Sq, pilot, reliable (see below).

3. Navigator: 1st Lt Douglas D. Smith, AO 3030400, 421st Air Refueling Sq, navigator (see below).

4. Flight Engineer: S/Sg…

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Comments of Preparing Officer:

1. Position title: Intelligence Officer, Collection Operations Division, Directorate of Collection, AC/3 Intelligence, Headquarters PACAF.

2. Preliminary analysis: Other sightings which occurred before and after the one reported on suggest a possible explanation of the above. These other sightings are described in detail in the attached transcripts. Briefly, the aircraft commander sighted a red flashing light similar to the standard anti-co…

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|  ORIGINAL NO. SERVICE | REPORT NO. | PAGE  |
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|  PFICO-C, Hq PACAF | IR-17-58 | 5 of 6  |

b. Co-Pilot - Andrew Dehner, 1st Lt, 421st Air Refueling Squadron. Lt Dehner is also a Senior Pilot. He has over 3,000 hours flying time, almost all in multi-engine, transport-type aircraft. Like Capt Faurot, he considers flying to be his profession, and appears to be competent, stable and mature.

c. Navigator - Smith, Douglas, 1st Lt, 421st Air Refueling Squadron. Lt Smith remembers almost nothing of the…

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|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | PERMIT NO. | CODE | OF | PAGE  |
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|  PFICO-C, Hq PACAF | IR-17-58 | 6 | 6 |   |

disappeared while flying between Tokyo and Wake. The rest of the crew appears to have drawn the tentative conclusion that their experience may be related to the previous disappearances.

HARALD W. INGBOLT
1st Lt, USAF
PFICO-C

COMMENTS OF APPROVING OFFICER:

H. J. K.

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