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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 28 Dec 60  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Rushville, Nebraska  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 2200 GMT 29/0400Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Military and Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | (varied with observer) few sec to 1-3 min  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | descended to SE  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Round, size of basketball, white, trailing gray smoke. Appeared approx 30° elev at approx 180° firs…

RECEIVED
3 Jun 1977 09 00M
ATIC
03 04
15
24E2 (UFO)
44K2A

ZCZCSQA415ZCWYD146
PP RJEDSQ
DE RJWFAP 28
P 302300Z ZEX
FM 28BOMBWG ELLSWORTH AFB SDAK
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJWZGU/29AIRDIV MALMSTROM AFB MONT
RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC
RJEZHQ/OSAF WASH DC
INFO RJWBKN/15AF MARCH AFB CALIF
BT
UNCLAS DCOI 19707
COFS FOR AFCIN, OSAF FOR SAFIS. IMMED ATTN REQUIRED.
SUBJECT: UFO REPORT. FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2: A. DISCRIPTION OF OBJECT: 1.
ROUND. 2. SIZE OF BASKET BALL AT ARMS LENGTH. 3. WHITE.
4. ONE. 5. NOT APPLICABLE. 6. NONE. …

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25 DEGREES AT 160 DEGREES SECOND TIME. 3. APPROX 30 DEGREES ELEVATION AT APPROX 160 DEGREES. 4. APPEARED TO MAKE LEVEL TURN FROM AZIMUTH OF 180 DEGREES TO AZIMUTH OF APPROX 160 DEGREES FROM OBSERVERS ON FIRST APPEARANCE. ON SECOND, COURSE WAS STRICT UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BELOW HORIZON. 5. FADED GRADUALLY TO SOUTHEAST FIRST TIME AND DISAPPEARED BELOW HORIZON SECOND TIME. 6. ONE WITNESS, SEPARATED FROM OTHERS, ESTIMATED ONE MINUTE. ALL OTHERS WERE TOGETHER AND ESTIMATED LESS THAN THIRTY SECONDS WITH EXCEPTION OF ONE WHO ESTIMATED 2 1/2 TO 3 MINUTES. ON REAPPEARANCE IT WAS VISI…

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ARRIVED AT RUSHVILLE MORNING OF 30 DEC. AND INTERVIEWED ALL WITNESSES EXCEPT MR. WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN. MRS. VIEWED THE OBJECT FROM HER WINDOW AND WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD EXPERIENCED A SHARP SMARTING OOF THE EYES AND SMELLED A STRON ACID TYPE ODER. SHE CALLED SHERIFF HILLS WHO ARRIVED IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD AND NOTICED THE ODER AND A SLIGHT SMARTING OF THE EYES. HE DID NOT OBSERVE OBJECT. HE SAID THE ODOR WAS SIMILAR TO TEAR GAS. HIS INVENTORY OF HIS TEAR GAS SUPPLIES SHOWED NONE MISSING OR DAMAGED. HE PRODUCED A TEAR GAS SHELL AND MRS. SAID IT WAS NOT THE…

ARRIVED IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD AND NOTICED THE ODER AND A SLIGHT SMARTING OF THE EYES. HE DID NOT OBSERVE OBJECT. HE SAID THE ODOR WAS SIMILAR TO TEAR GAS. HIS INVENTORY OF HIS TEAR GAS SUPPLIES SHOWED NONE MISSING OR DAMAGED. HE PRODUCED A TEAR GAS SHELL AND MRS. [REDACTED] SAID IT WAS NOT THE SAME ODOR. THE OTHER OBSERVERS WERE APPROXIMATELY FOUR BLOCKS AWAY AND NOTICED NO ODOR AND NO SMARTING OF THE EYES. THE WERE ALSO NEARER THE OBJECT. MRS. [REDACTED] LIVES ADJACENT TO A FEDERAL HIGHWAY WHICH IS HEAVILY TRAVELED BY LARGE TRUCKS. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE FUMES ORIGINATED FROM THE HIGHWAY AND…