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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 6 October, 1960 | 2. LOCATION | Thale AB, Greenland  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 06/1155Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Sextant ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Givilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  9. COURSE | Erratic |  |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Unknown shaped object observed as orange in color. Sighted at 200 deg az and 20 deg elevation moved to 45 deg elevation, azimuth not given.
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ATTC

OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR

OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE

1960 NOV 7 05 55

TELEPHONED
TO OD
NO. 2222
TIME 2008
DATE 2
SY. 2

RECC7
CZCSOA225ZCJYF252
OO RJEDSQ
DE RJEZHQ 802
O 070515Z
FM HQUSAF WASH DC
TO RJEOKG/4683RD AIRDEFWG THULE GREENLAND
INFO RJWFALE/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RJEZKN/COMDR 84TH AIR DIV STEWART AFB NY
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO
BT
UNGLAS FROM AFCIN-2A1 99531
REF YOUR CIRVIS, ZCABS-BO/5994, SIGHTINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AS A UFO REPEAT UFO IN ACCORDANCE WITH AF REG 200-2.
REQUEST AN ELECTRICAL REPORT BE 
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Copy to Dr. Hynek

OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
RECEIVED
1960 NOV 9 02 36

CORRECTED COPY OF MESSAGE
PREVIOUSLY RELEASED

1960 NOV 9 02 36

NNNNCSCA7005ZCJYD509
OO RJED3C
ZEL RJECKC
KCA613

OC RJED3C RJEZHG RJEZKN RJWFALB
DE RJECKC 101
O 0820327

FM 4683AIRDEFWG THULE AB GRNLD
TO RJEZHG/HQUSAF WASHINGTON DC
INFO RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RJEZKN/COMDR 64ADIV STEWART AFB NY
RJED3C/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO
BT

UNCLAS TWOOP 6073. SUBJECT: UFO. REFERENCE MESSAGE
AFCIN-2A1. THIS MESSAGE IN ELEVEN PARTS. PART ONE. OBJECT SIGHTED UNKNOWN IN SHAPE. APPEARED TO BE ABOUT ONE HALF THE S
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PAGE TWO RJECKG 131

ELEVATION. LIGHT INTENSITY DID NOT CHANGE AND SIGHTING LASTED FOR FIVE MINUTES. PART THREE. OBSERVATION WAS MADE VISUALLY AT 06112-3-1 AT ZERO SIX ONE FIVE CMT DURING NIGHT CONDITIONS. OBSERVERS WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF BMEWS BLDG ONE ZERO SEVEN THULE AB GRNLD. PART FOUR. OBJECT FIRST SIGHTED BY MR. [redacted], A GENERAL ELECTRIC EMPLOYEE ON BMEWS PROJECT. OTHER PERSONNEL WITNESSING OCCURANCE WERE MR. [redacted] AND MR. [redacted], BOTH RCA EMPLOYEES ON THE BMEWS PROJECT. OBJECT WAS STILL VISIBLE WHEN MR. [redacted], MR. [redacted] AND MR. [redacted] HAD TO BOARD A BUS TO
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16,000
SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEET ONE FIVE ZERO AT TWO ZERO.
1 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10
SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEET ONE SEVEN ZERO AT FORTY FIVE, TWO ZERO
1 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10
THOUSAND FEET ONE EIGHT ZERO AT FIFTY, THREE ZERO THOUSAND FEET
ONE NINE ZERO AT FIVE FIVE, FIVE ZERO THOUSAND FEET TWO THREE
2 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9
ZERO AT FOUR ZERO KNOTS. WINDS AT EIGHT ZERO THOUSAND FEET ARE
UNKNOWN FOR THIS TIME. THE CEILING WAS SEVEN THOUSAND FIE
HUNDRED FEET, WITH THE VISIBILITY BEING TEN MILES. THE AMOUNT OF
CLOUD COVER WAS NINE TENTHS, A LIGHT SNOWFALL STARTED AT ZE

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