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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  30 Jun 58 | Climax, Colorado | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local OHT 30/0830Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE West  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Rnd obj, re…

1 June 1958
0700 hrs.

Memo for UFO Case File
Subject: Call to Residence of UFO Project Officer, 3:45 A.M. Re UFO Signing.

1. Staff Duty Officer informed undersigned that a telephone call from Lowry AFB Flight Service Center was just received by ATIC.

2. A person camping nearby observed a flashing object which he insisted was Explorer III reentering the earth's atmosphere.

3. Asked for basic information. SDO stated that was all the info he had.

4. Suggested he ask or teletype for further data as outlined and prescribed in AFK 200-2.

5. Explorer III reported down between 2200-2300 hrs. Fri…

TELEPHONED
NO. 32
TIME 15
Date 1
By:

NNNN
RE058

SQD846 YDC422 WYA346 WMB046WRX537-BAA019

OO RJEZHQ RJEDSQ RJEDDN RJWFDN
DE ROWRBA 98A
O 010329Z

FM FLT SVC CNTR LOWRY AFB
TO RJEZHQ/ACOFS INTEL HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/OIS HQ USAF
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CNTR WRIGHT PATERSON AFB
RJEDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB
RJWFDN/COMDR 34TH AIR DIV (DEF) KIRTLAND AFB

BT

PHONE HINKS HE SAW WHERE SPUTNIK 2
CRASHED WAS CAMPING IN MOUNTAINS AND SAW FLAMING OBJECT FALL

BT
01/0330Z JUL ROWRBA

REJUEST DETAILED FOR PAR
No. 6 cc Cl-144, No. 1, Sputnik II re-orbital
partly ating the
on 15 April 1958.
Compared by
this obser…

UNCLAS EFT0

QNBR 00078 02 JULY 58
PRIORITY
FM COMDR 1910 AACS SQUADRON LOWRY AFB COLO 01 JULY 58
TO COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CEN WPAFB OHIO.

/ UNCLASSIFIED EFTO/ CITE UFOB 1910 0-1-G-08. REFERENCE YOUR 6-1305-E
FROM AFCIN-4. FOLLOWING INFORMATION FURNISHED AS REQUESTED.

PARA 1.
A ROUND
B DIME
C RED CHANGING TO BLUE WHITE
D 1 G TRAIL LIKE METEOR
H UNKNOWN
I NONE.

PARA 2.
A SAW IT B 45 DEGREE ELEVATION 90 DEGREE AZIMUTH
C 0 DEGREE ELEVATION 270 DEGREE AZIMUTH
D 45 DEGREE DROP
E BEHIND LA PLATA PEAK
F 9 SECONDS

PARA 3.
A VISUAL
B 9
C N/A

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PARA 4.
A 0830Z 30 JUNE CURR
B NIGHT

PAR…

Sgt. Cohen. Keep this out as a reminder to next few days.

Explorer III Died
Quietly, Perhaps
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 28--
(UPI) -- American satellite Explorer III apparently died on or ahead of schedule with no reported fireworks, experts at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said today.
A top official said there had been no confirmed sighting of Explorer III since 10:30 p.m. Friday at Memphis, Tenn., where the artificial moon appeared on schedule. Astrophysicists here and at other agencies had predicted Explorer III would burn up in the Earth's atmosphere by tonight.
Smithsonian scientists…