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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
11 November 1957 20 Mi NE of Hill City,_Kansas 000 Probubly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 07 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT1/2 QAir-Visuol Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was AstronomiedlVenuS
Yes D Probably Astronomical
NONo Military D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
becoming ng movement. Had Dyess AFB. The position of the
a brighter round the oval run- observer's a/ci in relation to
ning horizontally across it, but not the planet Venus could have
extending b edges o c ovall caused the sighting.
The ring similar the
planet saturn Object ationary
for about 4 minutes, appeared to
follow another B-d7 remaining stntiond
ary over the B-d7 for about l minute.
Then rose vertically until disappeared.
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FM COMAIRDIV 819 DYESS
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IS FORWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH RACRAPH 7D, AFR 294-2. 7D, AFR 293-2.

LIKE FOOT BALL)WITH ROUNDER ENDS.
(B)(EA
BECOMING BIGHTER DURING MOVEMENT. -
(D) ONE
(E) N/A
HORIZONTALLY ACROSS
THE EDGES OF THE OVAL. THE RING
SIMILAR TO THE RING AROUND THE PLANET SATURN
( (
PAGE TUO RJWFJG S3W
(1&) N/A
(HD) N/A
(I) OBJECT GREM BRIGHTER WHEN IN MOTION
(2)(A)THE UNUSUAL BRIGHTNESS AND SIZE OF THE OBJECT.
(B) APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES ABOVE AND THE RIGHI OF.
OBSERVERS AIRCRAFT NOE. TWO O'CLOCK HIGH. ATELY 5,000
TO 12,568-FEET ABOVE FLIGHT ALTITUDE.
(C) APPROXIMATELY Y C②5 DEGREES ABOVE AND 12O DEGREES FROM THE NOSE
OF OBSERVEJS AIRCRAFT.
(D) OEJECT STAYED STATIVCARY (D) OEJECT STAYED STATIVCARY Y FOR ABOUT 4 MINUUTES FOR ABOUT 4 MINUUTES THEN APPEARED TO
OBSERVING BSERVING
AIRCRAFT REMAINING AIRCRAFT REMAINING STATIONARY OVER THE B-47 FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE
AND THEN BISING VERTICALLY VERY RAPIDLY UNTIL DISAPPEARING. AND THEN BISING VERTICALLY V VERY RAPIDLY UNTIL DISAPPEARING.
(E) ACCELERATED
SIGHTING UNTIL DIS-
APPEARANCE
(3) (A)(AIR - VISUAL
(B) N/A
1-606
(183 DEGREES T.H 10 KNOTS TAS)
DYESS AFB 1 TEXAS.

(B) N/A
951-606 3 (
(CXD-47E AFOTWAYPYN (183 DEGREES T.H,④1 KNOTS TAS
DYESS AFB TEXAS.
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(4) (A) 14 NOVEMBER (4)(A) 14 NOVEMBER
(B) CUSK DUSK
( -
(5)(A)20 (5) (A) 20 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY, KANSAS. NAUTICAL MILES MORTHEAST OF HILL CITY, KANSAS.
(S) (A) N/A (
(B) WILLIAM B. TAFT, MAJOR, 33STH BOMB SQUADRON (M), AIRCRAFT
COMMNANDER. SOURCE HAS BEEN AN AIRCREN MEMBER FOR I4 YEARS
AND BEEN RATED FOR IS YEARS WITH THREE YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN
INTELLIGENCY OFFICER. CONSIDERED TO BE RELIABLE OBSERVER• JUSHUA
YEARS COMMISSIONED SERVICE WITH ONE YEAR ERIENCE.
CONSIDERED RELIABLE.
(7) (A) VFR ON TOP OF A THIN STRATUS LAYER WINDS FROM 275/60
(B) SURFACE -5D DEGREES AT (B) SURFACE -1ED DEGRE AT 210 KNOTS. -
OQP
M FEET M FEET 53/30 1SM NEET (257/3 (257/3 awinds generall awinds geniraly (
1SM FEET ②50/45 ②50/45 20M FEET 250/40 250/40 from the west from the went
3EM FEET 30M FEET 277/65 277/55 5o1 FEET 273/80
(8B FEET 272/50 (
(C) CLEAR ABOVE AIRCRAFT
(D) UNLIMITED- (
(E) EIGHT TENTHS UNDERCAST
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(F) NONE (F) NONE 3
(6) (A) NEGATIVE. (8) (A) NEGATIVE.
:9) NEGATIVE 9NEGATIVE
(10 UNIDENTIFIED B-47 ON A T.H. OF (10D UNIDENTIFIED B-47_ON A T.H. OF 6DEGREES 2 NAUTICAL MILES DEGREES 2 NAUTICAL MILES
TO THE WEST OF OBSERVING AIRCRAFT AT THE SAME FLICHT ALTITUDE. TO TLT CAn EITCUT ALTITUDE.
(11) WING OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OFFUCER. BOTH OBSERVERS INSIST
THAT THE OBJECT SIGHTED WAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN COCK PIT LIGHTS
REFLECTED IN THE CANOPY OR NATURAL HHENOMENA• THE OBSERVRS (
WERE VERY CAREFUL TO CLOCK THE TIME TH OBJECT WAS UNDER OBER-
SERVATION. CAUSE OF THE SIGNTING IS UNKNON, HOWEVER, THE PLANET (
VENUS WAS OBSERVED TO BE QUITE BRIGHT ON THE HORIZON AT
THIS TIME BY GROUND OBSERVERS AT DYESS AFE. THE POSITION OF THE
OBSERVEJS AIRCRAFT IN RELATION TO THE PLANET VENUS COULD HAVE (
CAUSED THE SIGHTING OF THIS CAUSED THE SIGHTIRG OF THIS OB. OBJECT.
BT
16/0147Z NOV RJWFJG 16/D147Z NOV RJWFJG