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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 6 December 1957 | 2. LOCATION Between Savannah & Albany Georgia | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 07/0128 to 0228Z | 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 (VENUS) ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION one hour | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS three | 9. COURSE ☐ …

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

AREA REPORT CONCERNS: Air route Charleston, S. C. to Eglin AFB, Fla., via Albany, Ga.

AGENCY OF ORIGIN: Air Proving Ground Center (ARDC)
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

DATE OF REPORT: 11 December 1957

SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Major Jack Garnett, Captain Carl E. Hardy, Jr.

DATE OF INFORMATION: 6 December 1957

PREPARING OFFICER: Captain William M. Lyons, Chief, Intelligence Division

EVALUATION: B-2

REFERENCES (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable):
BAIR 3A15; AFR 200-2, 12 Aug 1954
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object

SUMMARY (N…

ORIGINATING AGENCY
Hq Air Proving Ground Center (ARDC)
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
REPORT NO. IR-3-57
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(1) Description of the objects
(a) Round, white light. Reported variously (1) with rounded extension 1/10th the size of object at 8:00 o'clock to object; (2) two small lights attending bright object about 1/10th the size of object in line at 9:00 o'clock. Main object was light described as approximate brilliance of aircraft landing light. The extension and accompanying smaller lights were viewed only for a short time.
(b) Object appeared approximately ten times larger than…

SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112

|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | REPORT NO. | PAGE OF PAGES  |
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|  2c Air Proving Ground Center (ARGC) Bylin Air Force Base, Florida | IR-3-57 | 3 3  |

flying time. Captain Hardy is a senior pilot with 15 years service and 3000 hours flying time. Both officers are completely reliable observers. Both made statements to the effect that they had been skeptical of all unidentified flying object incidents up to the present time. They were both convinced that the light was an airborne object with no apparent explanation through natural phenomena or known aircraf…

SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112

|  ORIGINATING AGENCY | REPORT NO. | PAGE 1 OF 1 PAGES  |
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|  Air Force Base, Florida | IR-3-57 |   |

# INCLOSURE #1

## STATEMENT OF T/SGT CLIFFORD A. JOHNSON, GCA OPERATOR, 1920TH AACS

At approximately 070235Z I was called from my position at the precision radar position (CPN/16) at Eglin RAPCON to the pickup controllers position (CPN/18) by A/2C John Deadmon. He directed my attention to a stationary target presented on his surveillance scope. It was a good strong target positioned at about four and one-half miles southwest of Crestview Radio, …