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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 7 Jul 59 | 2. LOCATION | Surfside Pier, S.C.  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 08/0120Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 3-4 mins 20 mins intervals | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 2  |
|  9. COURSE | S to N | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Circle of six lights w/a seventh light trailing behind the circle - big as a hula hoop held at arm's length. The six lights were a dull yellow - center …

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NO. 71222
TIME 1602577
Date 16 July
By: C
16 JUL 59 07 02
1959 JUL 16 02 51
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TO RJEZHQ/COFS HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/ACOFSI HQ USAF
RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB
RJEDNB/EADF
INFO RJESNK/COMDR 354TAC FTR WG
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UNCLAS FROM ABISO 7-428 SECTION I OF II ACTION FOR SAFIS: INFO FOR ACOFSI
HQUSAF WASH DC; ATIC WPAFB OHIO; EADF STEWART AFB NY; 354 TAC FTR
WG MBAFB SC: UFO: A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS: (1) SHAPE - A DRAWING
AND TWO HOME-MADE SLIDES OF THE TWO OBJECTS SIGHTED ARE BEING
FORWARDED TO ADC ENT AFB. THEY…

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GRAPEFRUIT. SHE PROTESTED, HOWEVER, THAT SHE HAS LITTLE CONCEPT OF RELATIVE SIZES. (3) COLOR - THE SIX LIGHTS ON THE PERIMETER OF THE CIRCULAR PHENOMENON WERE DESCRIBED AS BEING A DULLISH YELLOW AND STAR-COLORED. WITHIN THE CENTER OF THE MOVING CIRCLE WAS A BRILLIANT, BLUISH-GREEN LIGHT AND SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THAT LIGHT, STILL WITHIN THE CIRCLE, WAS A SECOND REDDISH LIGHT. THE LIGHT WHICH TRAILED THE OBJECT WAS A DULL ORANGE. HE ALSO DESCRIBED IT AS LOOKING LIKE A FLYING CHRISTMAS TREE AS IT APPROACHED. (WHEN OVERHEAD, ITS CIRCULAR SHAPE WAS APPARENT.) (4) NUMBER-- TW…

Fourth, pass made at altitude somewhere between two and four miles. (3) Disappeared out of sight each time travelling toward the North West. Altitude same as noted in A. Above. (4) Objects approached from South, came up beach and passed over and in front of observers. No change in light configuration during the first three passes. On Fourth, pass, however, the observer states he saw an explosion-like flash and the configuration handed to four smaller, solid circles of light. Immediately after the explosion (no sound) the original configuration was not visible -- instead, only the four circles.…

GROUND-VISUAL (2) HE AND OTHER WITNESSES VIEWED OBJECTS THROUGH A PAIR OF 8X25 POWER BINOCULARS. D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING. (1) FIRST SIGHTING 2515 SULU 7 JULY 1959. FINAL DISAPPEARANCE APPROXIMATELY 2620 ZULU 7 JULY 1959. (2) NIGHT. E. LOCATION OF OBSERVERS -- THE OBSERVERS WERE STANDING ON THE BEACH APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE SURFSIDE PIER AND TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF THE GARDEN CITY PIER. WITH THEIR BINOCULARS THEY COULD SEE THE LIGHTS OF THE OCEAN FOREST HOTEL IN THE MYRTLE BEACH AREA 10 MILES AWAY TO THE NORTH. THEY WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF A COTTAGE CALLED THE "SO-FINE" AT…

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TWO. (5) THE TWO SOLID LIGHT CIRCLES WHICH LEFT THE CONFIGURATION DISAPPEARED OVER ROOFTOPS AND TREES ON THE HORIZON, INLAND. THEY DID NOT EXTINGUISH, HE SAYS, LIKE A FALLING STAR. THEY PROCEEDED OUT OF VIEW AT AN ENORMOUS RATE OF SPEED. THE TWO OBJECTS ORIGINALLY SEEN MADE THEIR FOURTH PASS OVER THE OBSERVERS, PERFORMED MANEUVER DESCRIBED IN 4 AND HEADED TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND OUT ON SIGHT EVENTUALLY. (6) EACH SIGHTING LASTED FROM 3-4 MINUTES AND OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 20-MINUTE INTERVALS. ALL FOUR PASSES TOOK PLACE IN A LITTLE OVER ONE HOUR. C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION…

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DE RJESDD 83
P 152100Z
FM COMDR 837TH AIR DIV
TO RJEZHQ/COFS HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/ACOFSI HQ USAF
RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB
RJEDNB/EADF
INFO RJESNK/COMDR 354 TAC FTR WG
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UNCLAS FROM ABISO 7-408. FINAL SECTION OF II
SAME AS THAT OF DR. [REDACTED], AGE 17, DOUGHTER OF
MAID, A STUDENT, ADDRESS AME AS THAT OF [REDACTED], E. MRS. [REDACTED], ELDERLY MOTHER-IN-LAW OF DR. [REDACTED] SMAE ADDRESS AS
DR. [REDACTED], MRS. [REDACTED], AGE 43, WIFE OF [REDACTED] D ADDRESS
SAME AS HUSBAND. G. WEATHER AND WINDS-ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME
AND…

STATED THAT HE DID NOT MENTION SIGHTING TO THE PRESS BECAUSE OF ITS SENSATIONAL NATURE, AND HE HESITATED ALMOST A WEEK BEFORE REPORTING IT TO SHAW BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO RISK BEING CONSIDERED A CRANK.

(2) OTHER WITNESSES: A. MR. [REDACTED], JR., [REDACTED], LEXINGTON, S. C., B. MRS. [REDACTED], ~~(REDACTED)~~ ~~(REDACTED)~~ **IEFEM** ~~HIS WIFE~~

B. C. [REDACTED] ADDRESS

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