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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 5 December 1957 | 2. LOCATION | O'Fallon, Illinois  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 05/0700Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 3 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   | Object shape of unsharpened pencil, approx 4 inches wide by 10 ft long, blue-white. Solid bar of light with sparks emitting. Three small parts appeared to break off, each burning…

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POSTS ASTRO 5 Rec
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HEADQUARTERS
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE
and
1405th AIR BASE WING (MATS)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS

5 DEC 1957

OET

SUBJECT: Report of Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object (UFOB)

TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado

1. The attached report is submitted in accordance with the requirements of Air Force Regulation 200-2, 12 August 1954.

2. This Headquarters has taken the liberty of presenting the findings in the format indicated in Inclosure 1 inasmuch as AF Form 112 and AF Form 112…

HEADQUARTERS
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE
AND
1405th AIR BASE WING
United States Air Force
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS

Report of Sighting
of
Unidentified Flying Object

5 December 1957

Utilizing the format specified in paragraph 7d, AFR 200-2, the
following report of sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object is
submitted.

1. Description of Object.
a. Shape of unsharpened pencil. which shape? Round? #44?
b. Approximately four (4) inches wide by ten (10) feet long.
c. Blue-white.
d. One.
e. N/A
f. Solid bar of light with sparks eminating.
g. None.
h. None.
i. Three small parts appeared to break of…

5. Location of Observer.
a. On State Route 43, approximately 2-3 miles north of Lebanon, Illinois. In automobile headed in southerly direction.

6. Identifying Information of Observer.
a. (Mrs.) __________________________________________________________________________________________
O'Fallon, Illinois
Housewife

b. __________________________________________________________________________________________
Air Policeman
Considered reliable

7. Weather and Winds-Aloft Conditions.
a. Clear, cold and frosty.
b. Air Weather Service report:
|  Elevation | Direction | Velocity  |
| --- | --- | --- |…

10. Location of Air Traffic in Area At Time of Sighting.
a. Military - No local aircraft were flying.
b. Civil or Transient - Unknown.

11. Title of Reporting Officer and Comments.
Lt. Colonel Bernard P. Whitehouse
Wing Operations Officer
1405th Air Base Wing
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

No sightings by any of our radar units, or by our control tower attendants.

12. Physical Evidence.
a. None. Observers were so affected by the sighting that they turned their automobile around and went back to the area, but could find nothing. They did not, however, proceed on foot across the open countrysi…