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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  24 November 1957 | Scott AFB, Illinois | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 25/0010Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☑ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6 - 8 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE westerly ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Eval…

24 25/00102
Watts
Conformal
BALLOON
HEADQUARTERS
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE
and
1405th AIR BASE WING (HATS)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS
25 Nov 51
29 Nov 51
27 NOV 1957

SUBJECT: Report of Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object (UFOB)

TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado

1. The attached report is submitted in accordance with the requirements of Air Force Regulation 200-2, 12 August 1954.

2. This Headquarters has taken the liberty of presenting the findings in the format indicated in Inclosure 1 inasmuch as AF Form 112 and AF For…

HEADQUARTERS
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE
AND
1405TH AIR BASE WING
United States Air Force
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS

Report of Sighting
of
Unidentified Flying Object

26 November 1957

Utilizing the format specified in paragraph 7d, AFR 200-2, the
following report of sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object is
submitted:

1. Description of Object.
a. Round.
b. Size of golf ball, tennis ball. ← Thin Strangly supports & balloon.
c. "Reddish" orange.
d. One
e. N/A.
f. Round in shape.
g. None.
h. None.
i. None.

2. Description of Course of Object.
a. Happenstance.
b. Great variation from variou…

5. Location of Observer.
a. At south end of Building T-3-189 in Area 3 on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

6. Identifying Information of Observer.
a. A/3C Ronald W. Rioux, AF11337012.
A/3C Gareth L. Colay, AF10112155.
Each student airman with 3-1/2 months in service.
A/1C Meeks, Tactical Instructor in Communications School, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

These students were on way to class in a flight of approximately 40 airmen. All of them supposedly saw this unidentified object. However, it was not reported until several hours later.

7. Weather and Winds-Aloft Conditions.
a. Clear.
b. Air…

11. Title of Reporting Officer and Comments.
Lt Colonel Bernard P. Whitehouse
Wing Operations Officer
1405th Air Base Wing
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

An unusually bright clear night. No sightings by any of our radar units, or by our control tower attendants.

12. Physical Evidence.
a. None.

A check with balloon schedule show all balloons are released at 0800 locations. The wind velocities are such it would not have moved very far until it got up to a fairly high altitude.

The observers no doubt saw a balloon with lights.

B A Noon

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