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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
8 November 1957 Columbia, Tennessee 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar EOx Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
GMT. Air Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 00 Probably Astronomical
ANo Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF BJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
not reported Unknown
not reported one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object viewed by hundreds of people
some with Bx. Believed by competent Obvious a/c.
observers to be a/c. Call to filter observersto oe ayc.tairco
center revealed that no a/c were center revealed that no a/c were
supposedly in area. Info from letter supposedly in area. Info from letten
suggesting that a/e may have been suggesting that a/e may have been
foreign
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Wallace Witmer Company W. D. HASTINGS, President and General Manager
Memphis, 1.9n. JOHN W. FINNEY, Treasurer and Associate Manager
Phone EVergreon 8-6464 Columbla, Tennessee
November 11, 1957
Commanding Officer
Headquarters
58th Air Division (Defense)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Sir:
On the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 8, some loo persons reported
seeing an unidentified flying object in the sky over Columbia and Maury
County. Others, who have had experience n spotting aircraft and some who
looked at it through binoculars, stated definitely that the object was a
high flying jet plane.
But before we were sure what it was, we checked with the U. S.
Air Force filter center nearest here and were told that no jet planes or
other objects had been reported as operating in this area at that
time.
This leaves only one possibility -- that the jet was operating
without its flight having been reported to or checked by the U. S. Air
Force through its filter center for this area.
Force.
Although this is an unpleasant conclusion, it is the only one
we can logically draw in view of the Air Force report that the object was
not reported and was therefore not identified. ,
What would your comtent be on this hypothesis, that is, that
some other nation is flying missiles over the United States
without your knowledge? Can you offer any evidence that this is not so,
in view of the ci so, it would certainly
hel to quell th and apprehensions of many persons in this area
who have read newspaoer about the incident last Saturday and about
the many other nexplained incidents that have been occurring throughout
the United States for the past several yea s.
Many persons here are anxiously waiting for your explanation,
and we will appreciate an immediate reply.
Very sincerely
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HEADQUARTERS
58th AIR DIVISION (DEFENSE)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO
581S 18 November 1957
SUEJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects
TO: Commander
Eastern Air Defense Force
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh, New York
1. Enclosed herewith is a letter recently received by this
Headquarters which I recommend be brought t attention of the
Headquarters USAF Office of Information Services.
2. In comoliance with ADC Regulation 190-4, dated 14 January
1955, Subject: Guide For Release of Information on Unidentified
Flying Objects, no reply has been made from this 1 Flying Objects, no reply has been made from this level. level.
FOR THE FOR THE COMMANDER
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1 Incl 1 Incl WILLIAM E WTELD
Ltr from the Daily Herald, Ltr from the Daily Herald, Captain, USAF
Columbia, Tenn. dtd 11 Nov. Adjutant
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TO: I Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Forwarded for your information and any action deemed appropriate.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
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1 Incl: J. W. FOUNTAIN, JR.
n/c Major, USAF
Asst Adjutant
ADODI-B ADODI-B 2nd Ind 2 DEC 1957
Headquarters, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Intelligence
Wright-Patterson Air Wright-Patterson Force Base, Ohio
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8 Nov 57
SAFIS-3/Maj Tacker/jmd/74966
8 January 1958
Dear
Your letter of ll Movember l957 concerning an unidentified
flying object, addressed to the Coumander of the 58th Air Division
at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has been referred to this
office for re ply.
A thorough check reveals this sighting of an unidentified
flying object has never beer to Air Techuical Intelligence
Center Center at Wrignt-Patterson. at Wright-Patterson.
Would you
received this report and the name of the individual officer or received this report and the name of the indiv officer or
person who received the report? person who ived the report?
When When we have - Lou w check further this this
matter. matter.
The suggestion that the that the sighting may may have been a plane or
missile from another country is entirely unfounded. There is no is entirely unfounded. There is no
evidence to support such a evidence to supyx conelusion. clusion.
For your inforation I am inclosing the latest Air Force
fact sheet on unidentified flying objects, dated 5 November l957.
Sincerely,
LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USaJ
G2YL Exscutive Orficer
OEHICE MLOBEBAICER Publis Mformation Division
Office of Informtion Services
Inclosure I a 0a
8/3 te
Mr
The Dadly Herald
Columbia, Tennassee
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