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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  16 Jan 58 | Columbus-Ft Benning, Ga. area | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft Contrails ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT 16/2330Z | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian & Military | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH…

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|  COUNTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING | REPORT NO. | (Leave blank)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  U. S. A. | IR-02-38 |   |
|  AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT  |   |   |
|  COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS | DATE OF INFORMATION |   |
|  Columbus-Ft Benning, Georgia | 16 Jan 1958 |   |
|  ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT | DATE OF COLLECTION | SRI STATUS (If applicable)  |
|  Hq 35th Air Division (Defense) | 24 Jan 1958 | SRI NO. CANCELED/COMPLETE  |
|  PREPARING INDIVIDUAL | DATE OF REPORT | SRI NO. CANCELED/INCOMPLETE  |
|  EDWARD WOOTTEN Capt USAF, D/I | 27 Jan 1958 | SRI NO. ACTIVE  |
|  NAME OR DES…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) Hq 35th Air Div (Defense) REPORT NO. IR-02-58 PAGE 1 OF 3 PAGES

1. Description of Objects:
a. Shape: "cigar shaped and oblong" flying objects.
b. Size: "hard to say", perhaps comparable to size of a C-97.
c. Color: bright orange with reddish tinge.
d. Number: two (2)
e. Formation: one following the other.
f. Discernible features or details: It was only stated that the objects "faded out and then appeared to come back". About seventeen hours after the sighting, the observing individual c…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1949
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Hq 35th Air Div (Defense) | IR-02-58 |   |

4. Time of Sighting:
a. Hour and date: 16/2330Z January 1958.
b. Light conditions: Dusk, with perfectly clear skies.

5. Location of Observer: Sighting was effected while driving and after dismounting from vehicle, with all sightings made from Victory Drive (a main-artery between Fort Benning and Columbus, Georgia) near King's Airport, a local civilian installation. Observer telepho…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

FROM (Agency)
Hq 35th Air Div (Defense)
REPORT NO.
IR-02-58
PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES

so that he was certain that the same phenomenon was under discussion; that the sun was setting at the time, and, although he could not see the jet aircraft themselves, he assumed from the characteristics of the sighting he had made that jet aircraft were actually involved; that he was led to this conclusion by prior experience of jet sightings; and that he would describe the sighting as "the reflection of the sun on the ex…