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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | 1. DATE | 16 April 1956 | 2. LOCATION | Over Fairfield, Utah | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local _________ GMT 17/0250Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Rador | | 5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military AF Pilot | | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | approx 25 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one | | 9. COURSE | erratic | 10. OTHER | ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown | | 11. COMMENTS | Copy of preliminary rpt attached. Due to the duration of the sighting, the position of …
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APR 13 1956 HEADQUARTERS 2849th AIR BASE WING HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Sighting TO: Commander Air Defense Command Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado The inclosed report of an unidentified flying object is herewith forwarded in accordance with the provisions of Air Force Regulation 200-2. 1 Incl Statement (Capt Petit) WILLIAM J. HALE Lt Colonel, USAF Commander
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STATEMENT 17 April 1956 I, Thomas P. Petit, Captain, USAFR, AO-770390, do hereby make the following statement of the sighting of an unidentified flying object. I have been a rated flying officer since March 1944 and have approximately 1300 total flying hours; 230 are in jet aircraft. I am presently assigned to the 313th Fighter Bomber Squadron (Reserve) at Hill Air Force Base in the capacity of Operations Officer. On 16 April 1956 at approximately 1950 MST while on an IFR, 1,000 feet on top night flight from Kirtland Air Force Base to Hill Air Force Base at 37,000 feet, I sighted an unidenti…
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right, horizontally then vertically with no regular pattern. The speed would be estimated to be very rapid and certainly one which no aircraft to my knowledge could accomplish. The object did not disappear until I penetrated the overcast into Salt Lake City Radio. The object was in my sight for approximately 25 minutes. 3. The manner of observation was air to air. I was flying T-33A, Serial Nr 53-5097 at 37,000 feet on a heading of 290 degrees at an indicated air speed of 230 K. Home station is Hill AFB. 4. The sighting occurred on 16 April 1956 between the hours of 1950 to 2015 MST. The lig…
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