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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  18 Jan 59 | La Crosse, Wisconsin | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1800 GMT. 18/2400Z | 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 not given | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE West  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING N…

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The La Crosse Tribune Co.
A LEE GROUP NEWSPAPER
FOURTH AND CASS STREETS

La Crosse, This.
Jan. 26, 1959

Headquarters,
United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.

Dear Sir:

This report is a little late but I hope you will be interested enough to help us out.

The enclosed clipping will explain what I am after. Is it just another in a series of reports you are compelled, due to lack of information or release, to add to the heap? Or is there some light you can possible shed here?

Any help you can give will be appreciated.

Yours very truly,

[Signature]
…

18 JAN 59

19 February 1959

This is to acknowledge your letter of 26 January 1959 concerning news story on an unidentified flying object seen over La Crosse, Wisconsin, on 18 January 1959.

A thorough search of our records indicates this particular sighting was not reported to the Air Force.

A check with Air Force radar and weather stations in the area failed to disclose any vehicle or balloon in the area at the time which would cause the effects described in the news article.

The fact that Civil Aeronautics Administration personnel and local airport officials saw nothing unusual is also co…

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La Crosse Tribune SECTION TWO Monday, Jan. 19, 1959 9

# NO EXPLANATION

## Fiery, Fast-Flying Object Seen In Sky

West Salem and La Crosse residents early Sunday reported seeing a fiery object in the sky traveling at a very high rate of speed.

But officials at the Civil Aeronautics Administration and United States Weather Bureau facilities at La Crosse Municipal Airport could shed no light on what it was. The officials personally had not witnessed anything new in the sky at that hour.

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At West Salem, it was reported, several persons in various places saw a bright flash of light ab…

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|  1 NAME OR TITLE | Major L. J. Tacker | INITIALS |  | CIRCULATE |   |
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|  ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION | SAFIS-3 OSAF | DATE |  | COORDINATION |   |
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|  4 |  |  |  | SEE ME | Holmlund  |
|   |  |  |  | SIGNATURE | La Crosse, Wisc.  |

REMARKS
Larry- According to our records, we have not received a report on this incident. Since we do not…