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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 10 Decemb34 1956 | 2. LOCATION WASHINGTON, Anacostia, D.C. | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☑ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 11/0235Z | 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 Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE SE & hovering  |
|  10.…

5. First seen 292ON 964 OW
Last seen 300ON 9425W
6. a. N/A
b. (NM I), 1/Lt. 24897A, 452nd Fighter-Day Squadron, Fighter Pilot. Considered to be reliable source (b), Probably true report (2).
7. CAVU
8. None observed.
9. No action taken due to performance limits of F-100C aircraft.
10. None reported.
11. Joseph H. Mendenhall, Intelligence Officer, 452nd Fighter-Day Squadron.
12. None
13. Wing Intelligence Officer's Comment:

Lt. is regarded as a better than average fighter pilot, his flying time totals 1300 hours with 76 hours of Korea combat time.

Object as sighted may be experimental USAF re…

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FM HEDUSAF WASHDC

TO RJEDEN/COMMANDER UIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO SPGS COLO
ZENXCOMMANDER 26TH AIR DIVISION ROSLYN STATION NEW YORK
RJEDWP/COMMANDER AIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
BT
/CITE 59687. 3) 4E4
4-4X200

UFOB (1) (A) OVAL BUT FLAT, (B) LARGER THAN A BASKETBALL,
(C) WHITE TURNING ORANGE, (D) ORANGE, (E) NA, (F) UNK
(G) NONE, (H) NONE, (I) NONE
(2) (A) GLANCED UP AN…

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(6) (A) CIVILIAN, MISS [redacted], AGE 20, [redacted] 6
AVE, SECRETARY.

(7) (A) CAVU, (B) NO FORECASTER ON DUTY, (C) NONE, (D) UNLIMITED

(E) (F) NONE

(8) AND (9) NONE. (10) ALT LEAST FOUR AIRCRAFT OVER PATTERN OVER
BOLLING AFB.

(11) AIRDROME OFFICER BOLLINV AFB: BELIEVES NAVIGATION LIGHTS OF
LANDING AIRCRAFT

(12) NONE. REPORTED BY CAPTAIN JACK J. SHEA, AIRDROME OFF, BOLLING
AFB.

BT
11/0523Z DEC RJEPHQ

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