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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 14 Apr 52 | 2. LOCATION LaCrosse, Wisconsin | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1235 CST GMT 1/1 1835 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ Other ☑ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE airline pilot  |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJE…

14 Apr 52

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60501

DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY
LINDHEIMER ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH CENTER

4 June 1968

FTD (TDETR)
Research and Aerial Phenomena Division
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio 45433

Attn: TDPT (UFO)
Subj: UFO Investigation
To: Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr.

Reference: I. Your letter 22 May 1968, subject, UFO Investigations, I have the following comments on all the dates you have listed, in the order they were listed.

1. 7 January 1952, Palmer, Alaska.

I have rated this case £3 C7, meaning that as far as strangeness was concerned, the sti…

Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla
Page 2
4 June 1966

had witnessed this, no followup whatever was made. It is that sort of thing in this case, and in a great many others, that has led to the facetious, but somewhat deadly remark by someone that Project Blue Book might be called, not the "Society for the Investigation of Unexplained", (Ivan Sanerson's organization) but rather, "Society for the Explanation of the Uninvestigated". Since 1947, because of lack of funds and adequate personnel, a formidable number of cases were not adequately followed up. I had often pointed out, both to officials in Dayt…

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING CLEAR MESSAGE
ATIC
APR 14 23 2152
29
J
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
EFF 364
EMERGENCY INCOMING CLEAR MESSAGE
DE JEFF 106
0 1422552
FULFOLSTTE
RPT LAST LINE
FULFOLSTED FLT SV CEN OLISTED AFD PA
TO SEC DEFENSE WASHDC
CIRVIS SIGHTED FROM GROUND AT LA CROSSE WISC AT 1235 CENTRAL
APR 14 SEVERAL LIGHT COLORED OBJ IN V FORMATION EST 15 TO 20
THOUSAND FEET ALT HEADED IN UN DIRECTION SIZE OF OBJ UNDETERMINED
CHANGED FORMATION WITH TREMENDOUS SPEED DISAPPEARED TO UN SUAVING
MOTION NOTICED SIGHTED BY CAPT WISC CENTRAL AIRLINES
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EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT # 7

DATE: 14 Apr 52
TIME (Local): Not Reported
LOCATION: LaCrosse, Wisc.
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED: Not Reported
SOUND: Unknown
SPEED: Fast
ALTITUDE: 12-20,000'
HEADING: NW
SOURCE: Airline Pilot
ACTION OR COMMENTS: No conclusions
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Several light colored objects in "V" formation. (Unclas.)