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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 12 August 1958 | 2. LOCATION | 12 Mi NW of Las Vegas, Nev.  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 13/0730Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual Ground-Reder Air-Visual Air-Intercept Reder  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 4-5 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | Descending | 10. COMMENTS | Probably conventional light of some sort.  |

13. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☐ Probably Balloon
☐ Possibly Balloon
☐ Was Aircraft
☐ Probably Aircraft
☐ Possibly Aircraft
☐ Was …

RJWZJB/COMDR 27TH AIR DIV DEF NORTON AFB CALIF
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UNCLAS 8650PS TAC H-22. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, DTD 5 FEB 58.

THE FOLLOWING UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO) IS SUBMITTED. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT: (1) ROUND. (2) SIZE COMPARED TO A GRAPE FRUIT HELD IN THE HAND AT ABOUT ARMS LENGTH. (3) LIGHT CHANGE. (4) NUMBER ONE (5) N/A. (6) NONE. (7) NONE. (8) ROUND, NONE REPORTED (9) OTHER PERTINENT OR UNUSUAL FEATURES, STRANGE. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (1) WHAT FIRST CALLED THE ATTAP OBSERVER, STRANGE LIGHT IN AREA WHEN NO LIGHT SHOULD BE THERE, THERE WAS NO ROAD IN THE AREA. ROUG…

HIS WIFE C AGE 33, OCCUPATION: PAYROLL CIVIL, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT: (1) OBSERVER ACCOUNT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS, THUNDERSTORM OVER SHARP MOUNTAIN PANEL AND MOUNTAIN CHARLESTON. (2) WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY IN DEGREE AND KNOTS AT: SURFACE 12° AT 3 KTS. 3, 4, 5 AT 5 KTS. 16, 17 AT 5 KTS. 18, 20 AT 20 KTS. 24, 25 AT 30 KTS. 45, 46 AT 47 (3)

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CEILING: ESTIMATED 10,000 BROKEN, HIGH OVERCAST. (4) VISIBILITY 15 MILES. (5) AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER: SEVEN TENTH TO 10,000 OVERCAST ABOVE. H. ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION: OCCASIONAL PIGHTENING CL…

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UNCLAS FROM OI-08 0404 SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFID FLYING OBJECT. UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECT REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, PARAGRAPH 15, 5SFEB
58. A. DESCRIPTION OF O…

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THIS IS AN ARID AREA, WITHOUT ROADS OR PATHS OF ANY KIND IN ROUGH BROKEN TERRAIN. (2) ELEVATION 20 DEGREES. AZIMUTH 35 DEGREES. (3) ELEVATION 0 DEGREES, AZIMUTH 35 DEGREES. (4) AFTER ONE AND ONE HALF MINUTE OBSERVATION OF OBJECT, IT MOVED DOWN AND TO LEFT FOR SHORT DISTANCE TO TREE TOP LEVEL OF REFERENCE POINT, A. (9), AND REMAINED FOR A SHORT TIME THEN WENT BACK TO LEFT OF ORIGINAL SIGHTING POSITION. OBJECT MOVED SECOND TIME IN SAME MANNER AND STOPPED JUST TO LEFT OF REFERENCE POINT AND REMAINED IN THIS POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE, THEN SLOWLY DESCENDED TO LEFT A…

AFB, NEVADA:

|  ALITUDE | DIRECTION | SPEED  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  SURFACE | 120 ESE | 5 KTS  |
|  6,000 | 170 S | 15 KTS  |
|  10,000 | 100 S | 5 KTS  |
|  16,000 | 350 N | 20 KTS  |
|  20,000 | 020 NNE | 8 KTS  |
|  30 |  |   |
|  30,000 | 120 ESE | 20 KTS  |
|  45,000 | 130 SE | 30 KTS  |

(3) ESTIMATED 10,000 BROKEN HIGH OVERCASE. (4) VISIBILITY 15 MILES.

(5) SEVEN TENTH AT 10,000. (6) THUNDERSTOM NORTH-WEST QUADRANT, NORTH TO SOUTH MOVEMENT UNKNOWN. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING INTER-CLOUD, CLOUD TO CLOUD, CLOUD TO GROUND. H. NONE. I. NONE. J. INBOUND T-33, 0731Z DIRECTION 031 DEGREES, 1500 …