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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 14 November 1957  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | 20 Mi NE of Hill City, Kansas  |
|  3. DATE/TIME GROUP | Local ______ GMT 14/223Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Wound ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Wound ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8-9 minutes  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | rising  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Object shape of foot ball with rounder ends. Size of pen. Metallic silver grey, becoming brighter during movement. Had a brighter ring …

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SCA359 YDD348 WYA343 WMB34JGA313
PP RJWFHW RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWFJG 63W
P 168146Z
FM COMAIRDIV 819 DYESS
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT
RJWFHW/COMDR 33RD AIRDIV OKLAHOMA CITY AFS
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB
RJEPHQ/DIR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF
BT
/UNCLAS/FROM 96DOI 7-17532. SUBJECT: 7197. THE FOLLOWING REPORT
IS FORWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7D, AFR 203-2.

1/4E4
2/4-4X20

(1) (A) OVAL SHAPE LIKE A FOOT BALL WITH ROUNDER ENDS.
(B) (PNA)
(11) (B) (RETAILER SILEVER GREY) BECOMING BIGHTER DURING MOVEMENT.
(D) ONE
(E) N/A
(F) HAD A BRIGHTER RING AROUND THE OVAL RUNNING HORIZONTALLY ACROSS IT BUT NOT EXTENDING BEYOND THE EDGES OF THE OVAL. THE RING SIMILAR TO THE RING AROUND THE PLANET SATURN.

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(1A) N/A
(H) N/A
(I) (O)BJECT GREW BRIGHTER WHEN IN MOTION.
(2) (A) THE UNUSUAL BRIGHTNESS AND SIZE OF THE OBJECT.
(B) APPROXIMATELY (25) DEGREES ABOVE AND (78) DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF OBSERVERS AIRCRAFT NOK. TWO O'CLOCK HIGH. APPROXIMATELY 5,988 TO 18,888 …

(B) N/A
(C) S-475, 956-606, 36,000, AFOTWAPPYN SYMPPP FEET, 183 DEGREES T.H., 418 KNOTS TAS, DYESS AFB TEXAS.

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(4) (A) 14 NOVEMBER 1957 2334 ZULU. 2334-6=1734 Local
(B) BUSK
(5) (A) 28 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY, KANSAS.
(6) (A) N/A
(B) WILLIAM B. TAFT, MAJOR, 339TH BOMB SQUADRON (M), AIRCRAFT COMMANDER. SOURCE HAS BEEN AN AIRCREW MEMBER FOR 14 YEARS AND BEEN RATED FOR 14 YEARS WITH THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN INTELLIGENCY OFFICER. CONSIDERED TO BE RELIABLE OBSERVER. JUSHUA M. HINSON, 1/LT, 339TH BOMB SQUADRON (M), CO-PULOT, THREE YEARS COMMISSIONED SERVICE W…

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(F) NONE

(8) (A) NEGATIVE.

(9) NEGATIVE

(10) UNIDENTIFIED B-47 ON A T.H. OF 368 DEGREES 28 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE WEST OF OBSERVING AIRCRAFT AT THE SAME FLIGHT ALTITUDE.

(11) WING OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFUCER. BOTH OBSERVERS INSIST THAT THE OBJECT SIGHTED WAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN COCK PIT LIGHTS REFLECTED IN THE CANOPY OR NATURAL HHEMOMENA. THE OBSERVERS WERE VERY CAREFUL TO CLOCK THE TIME TH OBJECT WAS UNDER OBSERVATION. CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, THE PLANET VEMUS WAS OBSERVED TO BE QUITE BRIGHT ON THE HORIZON AT THIS TIME BY GROUND OBSERVERS AT DY…