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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  18 Apr 58 | Van Wert, Ohio | ☐ Wes Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local OMT 19/0035Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Wes Aircrets ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Wes Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical (Capella)  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE stationary  |
|  10. BRIEF …

RE: AF (FAMILY)
11 10 10

Van Wert, Ohio
April 18, 1958

U. F. O.
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton, Ohio

Observed Flying Object:

Time: 7:35 P.M. first sighted
7:42 P.M. obscured by high clouds

Object: Silvery object, circular or spherical in shape, size of dime if held at arms length.

Position in sky: North of North West, approximate 45 degree angle

Sky condition: Sky over cast in spots

Altitude must have exceeded 5000 ft. as high haze obscured it. Remained in first observed position except seemed to gain in altitude.

Observers:

N.NW
N
Bright Silver
N
Markings
Seemed to Be Lines
SIZE OF
DIME AT
ARM
W
450

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|  1 NAME OR TITLE | Major L. J. Tacker | INITIALS | CIRCULATE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION | SAFIS-3 - OSAF | DATE | COORDINATION  |
|  2 |  |  | FILE  |
|   |  |  | INFORMATION  |
|  3 |  |  | NECESSARY ACTION  |
|   |  |  | NOTE AND RETURN  |
|  4 |  |  | SEE ME  |
|   |  |  | Resor  |
|   |  |  | SIGNATURE  |
|   |  |  | Van Wert, Ohio  |

REMARKS: Suggested answer:
1. Received report of your sighting.
2. With the limited information given, we can not definitely identif…

18 April 1958
7135/742 pm
Canceled, Ohio

16 May 1958

Dear Miss [redacted]

This is to acknowledge the [redacted] family letter of 18 April 1958 concerning the unidentified flying object you sighted that day.

With the limited information we cannot definitely identify the object. However, astronomical plots indicate the object could have been the star Capella. There is also the possibility that the object could have been a running light on a weather balloon. Weather balloons launched at night carry lights for tracking purposes.

Radar reports from the Van Wert area that night reveal nothing u…