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RESTRICTED
PROJECT 10073 RECORD
140130-2

ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
REPORT NO. ---
DATE OF REPORT ---
TIME OF SIGHTING 1930-1940
SHAPE triangle
SIZE ---
COURSE ---
NO. IN GROUP 3
SOUND ---
PHASE --- SKETCHES ---
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

DATE OF INFO 13 Sept 1950
LOCATION 5 mi. SW Effingham, Ill.
SOURCE Civilian Pilot
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COLOR Dull Red
SPEED ---
ALTITUDE ---
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Aerial
MANEUVERS ---
REMARKS: A set of three lights was observed but before source could circle same they disappeared.
A/C

IT
ITM & AMC
1 MCIAXA-1A
TO TCB

UNCLASSIFIED

TT-776-AM
19 December 1930
MCIAXA-1A

REFERENCE CSAF ITEM 9 TT 743-AM, 21
TOV 50, ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS,
WITH REGARD TO INCIDENT OF 13 SEP
TO, IT WAS POINTED OUT IN CONVERSATION
WITH AMC PERSONNEL THAT THE ORIGINATOR
WAS A CESSNA TEST PILOT. SINCE THIS IS
NOT STATED IN CSAF ITEM 5 TT-658-AM
DATED 3 OCT 50, THE TELECON ITEM IN
QUESTION WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REPORT BY MR. THE INCIDENT REPORTED
BY MR D. D. FRYE WAS REVIEWED BY AMC
THEN RECEIVED.

THE NATURE OF THE INCIDENT TOGETHER
WITH THE DETAILS FURNISHED WERE SUCH
THAT THEY DID…

UNCLASSIFIED
26

AMC TT 3 October 50

CSAF ITEM FROM TCB
SUBJ: REPORTING OF INFO ON UNCONVENTIONAL AIR CRAFT.
MR: WAS INTERVIEWED TO SECURE INFORMATION ON AN
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT SIGHTED BY AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 - 1940
HOURS, 13 SEP 50. INTERVIEWING OFFICERS WERE LT. COL. M. D. WILLIS
AND MAJOR A.J. BOGGS.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS SECURED ABOUT HIS OBSERVATIONS.
TIME - 1930-1940 13 SEP 50
PLACE - (88° 36'W) (39° 03'N)
5 MILES SW OF EFFINGHAM, ILL.
ALTITUDE - 8000 FT.

MR AND PASSENGER OBSERVED A SET OF THREE LIGHTS ON A
COLLISION COURSE WITH THEIR PRIVATE AIRPLANE. A SHARP TURN WAS MADE
T…

UNCLASSIFIED

DESCRIPTION OF LIGHTS:

UNLIKE AIRCRAFT POSITION LIGHTS.

DIM, VAGUE, DULL RED, BUT VISIBLE FOR SEVERAL MILES.

STEADY LIGHTS EVENLY SPACED.

INFORMATION SHOULD BE HANDLED ACCORDING TO AIR FORCE LETTER, "REPORTING OF INFORMATION ON UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT", DATED 8 SEP 50.

END OF ITEM

UNCLASSIFIED