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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. CONTENTS | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  10 Apr 58 | SOSALDSVILLE, LA. LOUISIANA LANO CHACLE, LA. Monroe-Raton Rouge, La |  | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION & vicinity |  |   |
|  Local 7:29 A.M. | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar |  | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  GMT | ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar |  |   |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE |  | ☐ Was Astronomical Meteor ☑ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
| 
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A SQUARE TO ASS'T TY-176 TREASURER 111
AR RUIDON RUE 200 RUE PRO
DE RUE PRO 130
A I L 132
FR CONCEFEA
10 RUE 200/COMBRE 200
INFO RUE 200/ CINCHORAD
RUE PRO/COMBRE 200 LEAF
RUE 200/ COMBRE ATIC

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/UNCLASS/ FR CFEIN-01 059. REFERENCE
ADC MSC ADODI-3576, THE FOLD IN A PRELIMINARY
UPOS REPT WHICH WILL BE FURTHER SUPPLEMENTED IN DETAIL
BY A REPT FROM THE 35TH ADIV: "357TH ACJ STATION AT ROUMA,
LA, RECD A CALL FR NAVY JET 3703. WHILE TRAVELING WEST, PILOT
SPOTTED OBJECT ON A 200 SEARGE HEADING. OBJECT BROKE UP
INTO FOUR OR FIVE PARTS WHILE SHIF
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A. S. 10202

SERVICES YEARS VYCSED VECESONNABAS
NO BJEDEN BJEDSE RJWFNK BJEDN

B JEFN

COMADIV 886
NO BJEDEN COMDR ABC ENT AFB COLO
JWFNK COMDR BSBD AIR DEF TINKER AFB
JEDER/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CNTR WPAFD
JFDRD ASSIST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELL HR USAF WASH 23 D C
JFDRD OFFIC OF INFO SVC HR USAF WASH 23 D C

UNCLASSIFIED TO JUL. SUBJ: "UFO" (PAR 2, AFB 320-4)

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT:
2. TEAMBOX SHAPED: Balloon characteristic
3. COMPARED IN LENGTH OF THE DIAMETER OF A PEA HELD AT ARMS LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 2 AS THICK IN LENGTH.
4. COLOR-AROUND EDGES A BRIGHT SILVER AND IN
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(196) AND (2) SECRETS BRINGED UPON DISAPPEARING.
STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT (POSSIBLY DECREASING ALTITUDE).
OBJECT DISAPPEARED INSTANTANEOUSLY WHEN BLOCKED FROM SIGHT
AT A BUILDING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES ANIMALS, TO AIR
(Minimum of object West to East)
1st observed for E to W
2nd observed for E to W
3rd observed for E to W
4th observed for E to W
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CEILING - NONE.
VISIBILITY - 80 MILES.
CLOUD COVER - NONE.
N/A.
NONE
NONE
NONE
AIR BASE GROUP STAFF OPERATIONS OFFICER: BASE ON WINDS ALOFT
AND DIRECTION OF FLIGHT OF OBJECT IT IS POSSIBLE OF JECT WAS A
BALOON OR SIMILAR OBJECT RELEASED AT SOME STATION WEST OF
LAKE CHARLES. THERE WERE NO WEATHER BALOON RELEASED AT LAKE
CHARLES WITHIN TWO HOURS OF THE REPORTED SIGHTING. OBJECTS COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN A HIGH FLYING JET AIRCRAFT.

L. NONE.

BY
CHIEF OF APR R. JESH

A TIC Conclusion: BOLLOON
1. Objected balloon characteristics (see photo in file)
2. moved with the wind
3. Short sighting direction wa
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AJSA
[handwritten: "U.S. Oberland with Sm. Attoplyse? d &c. - acct No 335-97 - 8229??
] [handwritten: "Approved: Probably Beliefs" and "8229??
] [handwritten: "8229??"]

ATLANTA, APRIL 10 --(AP) -- THREE GREEMEN OF A DELTA AIR LINES DC-7
REPORTED THAT THEY WITNESSED OVER BATON ROUGE, LA., MADE THEIR
WITH BELIEVED TO BE THE BRAND OF "BATON" ATTENTION TO:
THE CREW NEEDED BY CAPT [redacted] ON DALLAS AND A FLAMING OBJECT
TRAVELING ON COURSE AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN A SOUTH-
WESTERN DIRECTION.
AIR FORCE INTO AND SEPARATE BODIES ABOUT NINE SECONDS AFTER THE FIRST
SEMINATION, [r
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NX102A

FOLO SPUTNIK SIGHTING ATLANTA
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., APRIL 10.--(UP)--SCIENTISTS AT SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY SAID THAT A FLAMING OBJECT SEEN BY THREE AIRLINE CREWMEN NEAR BATON ROUGE, LA. TODAY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN RUSSIAN SATELLITE SPUTNIK II.

A SPOKESMAN AT THE OBSERVATORY SAID SPUTNIK WAS SOMEWHERE OVER THE SOUTH PACIFIC AT 8:29 A. M. EST, THE TIME THE CREWMEN SAW A FLAMING OBJECT BREAK IN TWO AND BURN UP.

SMITHSONIAN PREDICTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THE RUSSIAN MOON WOULD PLUNGE TO EARTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND THAT ITS PREDICTION WAS UNCHANGED TODAY.

JM137P

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