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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 6 Mar 54 | 2. LOCATION | Milwaukee, Wisconsin  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1745 ONT 06/22/58 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE | cirrhian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 35 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE |   |   | 10. OTHER ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |

11. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☐ Probably Balloon
☐ Possibly Balloon
☐ Was Aircraft
☐ Probably Aircraft
☐ Possibly Aircraft
☐ Was Astro…

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HEADQUARTERS
2473RD AIR FORCE RESERVE COMBAT TRAINING CENTER
6081 North 43rd Street
Milwaukee 9, Wisconsin

O&T

SUBJECT: Air Intelligence Information Report

TO: Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Transmitted herewith is Air Intelligence Information Report dated 16 March 1954, in accordance with the provisions of Air Force Regulation 200-2, 26 August 1953, and Air Force Regulation 200-2a, 2 November 1953.

Troy A. Hargis
TROY A. HARGIS
Major, USAF
Commander

1 Incl:
AF Form 112

20 MAR 1954

Unclassified
(SECURITY INFORMATION when filled in)

|  COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | DEPARTMENT | COUNTRY INFORMATION  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  United States of America | SECRET NO. 1 | (Leave blank)  |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

## AREA REPORT CONCERNS
Wisconsin

## AGENCY OF ORIGIN
2473D AFRCTC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

## DATE OF REPORT
24 March 1954

## SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Individual observations

## DATE OF INFORMATION
16 March 1954

## PROVISIONS OFFICER
Ray S. Tittle, Jr.
2nd Lt USAF

## EVALUATION
Fairly reliable

## REFERENCES (General number, direction, previous report, etc., as app…

SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112

1. Description of object:
a. Round and unvarying
b. Size comparable to baseball held at arms length
c. Bright silver
d. One (1)
e. N/A
f. No discernible features or details
g. Bright silver tapering exhaust about one-third (1/3) the length of the object itself. This exhaust appeared only when the object moved.
h. No sound
i. A red glow appeared on the leading edge of the object when it decelerated and stopped.

2. Description of course of object:
a. Observer first saw object when he happened to glance up.
b. Object was in the southwest at an elevation of about thirty…

SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112

4. Time and date of sighting:
a. 6/2345Z/Mar
b. Dusk

5. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

6. Identifying information of observers:
a. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fairly reliable - 13 years old - Student
b. Milwaukee, Wis.
Fairly reliable - 65 years old - Wholesale tobacco dealer
c. Milwaukee, Wis.
Fairly reliable - 14 years old - Student
d. Milwaukee, Wis.
Fairly reliable - 13 years old - Student

7. Weather and winds aloft conditions at time of sighting:
a. Low black clouds covering most of sky
b. U.S. Weather Bureau report of winds at time of sighting:

|  Altitude in Feet | Directi…

SUPPLEMENT TO AF ORM 112

enterprises had been in use for the purpose of attracting business. This possibility was suggested to the observers but was dismissed by them as a possible explanation. This also would not account for the red glow appearing on the object, nor the fact that it was obscured by the clouds.

b. Large weather balloons and advertising balloons released at distant points have from time to time been sighted in this area, but these do not offer an explanation for the peculiar maneuvers of the object nor the fact that it emitted a bright silver light under normally dim light co…