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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 3 August 1958 | 2. LOCATION | Tioga, North Dakota  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local OCT 03/0905Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Vigual ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Vigual ☐ Air-Intercept-Rader  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian Police  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 2 hrs 35 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE |   | West |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   | Vaguely spherical obj, size of dime, color varying fm blue-white to red, moving Westerly at a slow rate of speed.  |   |
|  11. COMMENTS |…

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AF FORM 112
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
Witness
UNCLASSIFIED
(CLASSIFICATION)
03/3905Z
6
COUNTRY
REPORT NO.
(LEAVE BLANK)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO)
AREA REPORTED BY North Western, North Dakota
FROM (Agency) 700th AC&W Fortuna AFS, Westby, Montana
DATE OF REPORT 4 August 1958
DATE OF INFORMATION 3 August 1958
PREPARED BY (Agency) E. H. Wright Maj USAF
BOARD Grouped Observer
REFERENCES (Check number, division, general report, etc., as applicable)
AFR 200-2 Par 15 Dated 57th 1958
SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significan…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) 780th ACWRON Westby, Montana
REPORT NO.
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G. WEATHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING:
(1) Wind aloft condition.

H. Broken ceiling extending to 35000 feet from approx 20000 feet

I. Visibility was unrestricted below 20000 feet.

J. Scattered thunderstorms covered the general area.

K. Possible balloon launchings or astronomical position of Mars to the earth could have caused these sightings.

L. An interceptor aircraft (F-89J) was di…

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NX31 3,1958

WASHINGTON, AUG 7 - (UPI)--ASTRONOMY'S TODAY TOLD ROCKET-AGE
MOONWATCHERS EARLY TODAY TO GO BACK TO SLEEP -- THAT WAS NOT A ROCKET
THEY SAW APPEARANTLY HEADED FOR THE MOON.
IT WAS THE PLANET MANS, A NAVAL OBSERVATORY SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN NEW YORK, AN ASTRONOMER FOR THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM ALSO SAID
IT APPEARED THE OBJECT WAS MANS. HE EXPLAINED THAT, IN ITS PRESENT
CYCLE, MANS WAS BRIGHTER THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE EARLY 1957.
MOREOVER, THE ASTRONOMER, DR. [redacted] SAID THE PLANET WOULD
BECOME INCREASINGLY BRIGHTER, IN RELATION TO THE MOON, DURING THE
MEAT FEW MONTHS, REA…