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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 3 Jun 59 | 2. LOCATION | Washington, D.C. | 12. CONCLUSIONS | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 2040800Z CMT 2040800Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft | ☐ Was Aeronautical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical…

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ATIC

1-4E4G
3-4x202

UFO

1959 JUN 19 10 40

JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
4E48
6/00175
AC

|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MEG | DIV. NO. | DIVISION | DIVISION | DIVISION  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ACTION ROUTINE | FOUR | MULTI | PRIME X | AF | OC 000IF  |
|  INFO |  |  |  |  |   |
|  FROM: | ATIC, W-P AFB  |
| --- | --- |
|  TO: | BOLLING AFB, WASHINGTON, D. C.  |
|  ATTN: | INTELLIGENCE OFFICER  |

/UNCLAS/FROM: AFCIN-4E48 cite 6-1169-E

REF MSG OC 000IF, DTD 4 JUNE 1959, FROM BASE OPERATION, YOUR STATION. INFO CONTAINED IN SUBJ REPORT IS LIMITED IN NATURE, P…

JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
4E4g 131B
1959 JUL 26 AM 131B
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|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MSG (CMNS) | REASON FOR SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ACTION ROUTINE | BOOK | MULTI | SINGLE | UNCLAS  |
|  INFO |  | X | AF | 6-1167-E  |

FROM:
ATIC W-P AFB

TO:
BOLLING AFB, WASH., D. C.

/UNCLASSIFIED/FROM: AFCIN-4E4g 7-1542-E
ATTN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, ODR MSG AFCIN-4E4g 6-1167-E, DTD
5 JUNE 1959, REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION OF AN UFO SEGNTING.
REQUEST THIS OFFICE BE…

1953 AUG 25 15 13
1-4E43
3-4729

RR RJED52
50 RJEZBL 26
R 251545Z
FM 1100ABWC
TO ATIC
BT
UNCLAS HOPP 2221H.

OBSERVER CONTACTED BUT WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NOT ALREADY SUPPLIED IN INITIAL UFO REPORT OF 4 JUN 1959.
BT
25/1832Z AUG RJEZBL

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To ATIC for possible analysis and/or evaluation

June 4 1959

Headquarters, U. S. Air Force
Pentagon, Washington DC.

Attention: Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Division

Dear Sirs:

The object "rose" in the west at approximately the same point where the sun, that afternoon, had set.

I wish to report an unusual "sighting" made last evening by my wife and I from the top of the in which we live.

We had gone up on the roof about 11 p.m. and were about to descend when we both saw, almost from the instant of its first appearance, an object which seemed like a very distant ball and which moved a…

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by a sighting like this, but we definitely feel we have seen something very real and very unusual.

Sincerely yours,

Lt. Col. (Ret.)
U. S. Air Force

Washington 8, D.C.

Copies: Wright-Patterson AFB
Vandenberg AFB
Naval Observatory, Washington DC

P.S. I am former [redacted] of the HQ USAF periodical "Air Intelligence Digest" (1948-52) and the "FEAF Intelligence Roundup" (1952-55).

UFO ANALYSIS SHEET

Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.
Date: 3 JUNE 1959    Hour (Z): 2302 ± 05 0302 Z
WX: Clear
Description: Approximately the size of Jupiter
2600ish - orange or yellow-orange.

Direction of Motion: West to East.
Satellite: (AFCIN-4F3, Phone) Direct First seen Arimutha
Approx. 257 1/2° Last seen 118 1/2° & Velocity 128"/200 ft. Too fast.
Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc): Unusual Endurance
But most probably a meteor.

Radar Analysis (AFCIN-4E1): —
Natural Phenomena (Ball Lightning, etc): —
Aircraft, Balloons, Airships, etc.: < Velocity much too fast
For aircr…