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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 3 January, 1960 | 2. LOCATION Kingman, Arizona Lake Mead, Nevada | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local OCT 0713 Z 4 Jan | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian and Military | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OB…

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O 242813Z
FM 1932 AACSRON
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB
RJWZSB/28 AIRDIV HAMILTON AFB
RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHDC
BT
UNCLAS FROM FLT SVC CITE 22 ACTION ADC 28 AD ATIC AFCIN AFOIS UFO
A.
1. NONE OBSERVED
2. NOT VISIBLE JUST FLAME
3. BLUE FLAME WHIE TAIL
4. THREE
5. NO CONNECTION
6. APPEARED TO BE METEORITE
7. BLUE FLAME
8. NONE

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9. NONE

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B.

1. CIVILIAN PILOT CALLED ATTENTION TO OBJECS
2. DESCENDING 42 DEGREES ANGLE
3. DESCENDING 42 DEGREES ANGLE
4. STRAIGHT DESCENT TO GROUND
. TWO SOUTHWEST ONE APPEARED TO GO INTO GROUND
6. 12 SECONDS

C.

1. AIR VISUAL
2. NONE
3. 288 DEGREES 32000 410K BOISE IDA T33 PEAR 98

D.

1. 0713Z 4 JAN 60
2. NIGH

E.

WO AT KINGMAN ARIZONA . ONE AT LAKE MEAD NEVADA
F. NONE
1. NONE
2. HARPMAN V. L. 2LT 190TH FIS BOISE GUARD IDA VERY RELIABLE

G.

1. SCATTERED MIDDLE LAYER CLOUDS AROUND 12000 FT UNLIMITED VSBY
2. SURFACE N AT 20K 6000 350 DEGREES AT 15K 12000 020 DEGREES AT 20K 16000 360 DEGREES AT 20K…

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5. APPROX 3/10 AT 12000 FT MSL
6. NONE
H. NONE
I. NONE
J. CIVILIAN BEACH CRAFT NUMBER 5H DELTA LOCAL VFR OUT OF MCCARRAN FIELD LAS VEGAS NEVADA WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAS
K. FLIGHT SERVICE CLEARANCE OFFICER HAMILTON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER 1902ND AACSRON HAMILTON AFB CALIF. APPEARS TO BE METEORITES
L. NONE
BT
04/0820Z JAN ROWZBG

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TIME
Date
By:

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PP RJEDSQ

DE RJWZNJ 1

P 042335Z ZEX

FM 4520 CORTNGWG

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RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB

RJWZHQ/HQ USAF

RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AF

BT

UNCLAS FROM OI 0025 PD UFO. THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS. PART I. RESEMBLED METEORITES. TWO EACH OVER KINGMAN, ARIZONA (35 12N, 114 04W) AT 0710Z 3 JAN 60 AND TWO EACH OVER LAKE MEAD NEVADA (36 07N, 114 27W) AT 0713Z, 3 JAN 60. APPARENT COURSE 280 DEGREES MAGNETIC VISUAL SIGHTING FROM AIRCRAFT AT ALTITUDE OF 32,000 FEET, COURSE 288 DEGREES MAGNETIC. SIGHTED BY 1ST LT VIRGIL L. HAR…

RJWZHQ/HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AF

BT

UNCLAS FROM OF 0025 PD UFO. THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS. PART I. RESEMBLED METEORITES. TWO EACH OVER KINGMAN, ARIZONA (35 12N, 114 24W) AT 0710Z 3 JAN 60 AND TWO EACH OVER LAKE MEAD NEVADA (36 07N, 114 27W) AT 0713Z, 3 JAN 60. APPARENT COURSE 280 DEGREES MAGNETIC VISUAL SIGHTING FROM AIRCRAFT AT ALTITUDE OF 32,000 FEET, COURSE 288 DEGREES MAGNETIC. SIGHTED BY 1ST LT VIRGIL L. HARPHAM, PILOT, 190TH FI SQUADRON, BOISE, IDAHO. ESTIMATED RELIABILITY OF REPORT IS ALFA-TWO. PART II. PILOT REPORTED OBJECT AS DEFINATELY BEING METEORITES; HOWEVER THE SAME SIGHTING…

3 JANUARY 1960

On the same evening, a blue light which raced silently across the Las Vegas, Nevada sky, puzzled McCarran Field lower controlmen, "It was the fastest thing I ever saw," said tower employee Jack McMillen who spotted the light at about 11:05 p.m. A departing private plane also saw the object. Earlier that evening, four different pilots in two commercial airlines planes flying between Bryce Canyon and Mormon Mesa reported observing a similar light. Their reports of the object to Salt Lake City were intercepted by the McCarran tower. McMillen said he saw the light for about two or …