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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  11 December 1953 | Omaha, Nebraska | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local CMT 0115 W | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Vessel ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Vessel ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft Star  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian & Military | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical Planet  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 hours 15 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COU…

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TO: Lt. Ford
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TIME: 10:00 P.M.
DATE: 12/18/22
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/UNCLASSIFIED/OPNS 838 HQ USAF ATTN: ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF
INTELLIGENCE & OFFICE OF INFORMATION SERVICES. SUBJECT:
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT. UFO. THIS REPORT SUBMITTED
IAW, PARA 15, AFR 200-2, 5 FEB 58 AS AMENDED.
A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (1) SHAPE WAS (ROUND) (2) OBJECT
COMPARED T…

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ON THE OBJECT WITH THE OBJECT ROTATING IN A MANNER CAUSING THE RED AND GREEN LIGHT TO PASS FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ALONG THE EDGE OF A PLANE RUNNING ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. LIGHTS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS REVOLVING ABOUT THE OUTSIDE OF THE OBJECT. THERE WERE TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS OF THE OBJECT PER MINUTE BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION BY THE OBSERVER THAT THERE WERE ONLY TWO LIGHTS SPACED APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES APART IN THE PLANE OF ROTATION. THE RED LIGHT PRECEDED THE GREEN LIGHT. BOTH LIGHTS WERE OBSCURRED FROM SIGHT DURING A PORTION OF EACH ROTATION. (7) NO TAIL, N…

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OBJECT DISAPPEARED WHEN A LIGHT CLOUD BANK MOVED IN FROM THE
SOTHWEST OBSCURING THE OBJECT (6) OBJECT WAS IN SIGHT FOR TWO HOURS
FIFTEEN MINUTES.

C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(1) OBSERVATION WAS GROUND VISUAL. OBJECT WAS REPORTED TO IDAHO
CONTROL, GROUND RADAR. NO RADAR CONTACT WAS EXTABLISHED. (2) A
PAIR OF LOW POWER FIELD GLASSES WERE USED TO VIEW THE OBJECT.
GLASSES APPARENTLY NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE POWER. (3) NO AIRBORNE
SIGHTING WAS REPORTED.

D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: 10/0115 ZULU. (2) LIGHT CONDITIONS
WERE NIGHT.

E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER WAS A [redacted], OMAH…

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SERGEANT DICK J. BURKARD, 789TH ACWRON, DIRECTION CENTER CREW CHIEF. HIS RELIABILITY HAS NEVER BEEN QUESTIONED.

C. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT AT TIME OF OBSERVATION:

(1) OBSERVER DESCRIBED WEATHER AS CLEAR WITH MEDIUM HEIGHT CLOUDS MOVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 10/0330Z.

(2) 20TH ADIV WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED WINDS ALOFT FOR IDAHO CONTROL AT 10/0001Z AS, 6000 310/15, 10,000 280/30, 16000 290/30, 20000 300/30, 30000 270/59, 30000 200/30, 00000 NOT REPORTED.

(3) CEILING-CLEAR UNLIMITED (4) VISIBILITY - 15 (5) NO CLOUD COVER (6) NO THUNDER STORMS

H. 20…

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OTHER THAN ROTATION WAS REPORTED. COMAPRISON TO A PASSING AIRCRAFT WAS MADE. CONFERENCE WITH 20TH ADIV WEATHER SERVICE TENDS TO DISCOUNT ANY MIRAGE DUE TO TEMPERATURE INVERSION. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS DOES NOT SUPPORT NOR DENY THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OBJECT WAS SEEN. THIS OBSERVER REPORTS HE HAS SEEN A SIMILAR OBJECT ON ONE PREVIOUS OCCASSION. THE OBSERVER IS A QUALIFIED RADAR OPERATOR AND IS FIRMLY CONVINCED AS TO THE EXISTENCE OF SOME OBJECT DURING THE PERIOD OF OBSERVATION.

L. NO PROTOGRAPHS OR OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WERE OBTAINED.

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