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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Wes Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircroft

5 December 1957 iountain Lake, New Jersey
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Mk&Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar
O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Other

Insufficient Data for Evaluction
Unknown

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111. COMMENTS —

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One aircraft with tiny yellow flames Nothing unusual about one air-

flickering along leading edge, tail craft behind another as any U.S,
light brighter than usual and burned aero chart will show - traffic
continuously rather than flashing. airways provide for this.

No sound, Another aircraft following
several miles behind with usual
sound,

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fountain +akes, New Yersey | 5 December 19°
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2500th Air Base Wing SRI NO.
Mitchel Air Force Base, New fork | CANCELEO/COMPLETE
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Director of Up: rations, 200th Air CANCE LEO/ INCOMPLETE
Base Wing, Mitchel AF Base, N. X. 10 December 57 [sri no.
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4 becember 195/7-

Comnanding Officer,

Mitchel Air Force Base, Lnidentified Object
Lonz Ialand, New York.

Dear Sirs

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Last night at 2357 nours, I was atanding outside near my house at
above address. I was amazed tc see an airplane approaching from the east,
making no sound, and with the mtire wingspan looking as if continuous
tiny yellow flames were flickering along it. The tail light was somewhat
orighter than most tail lizghta, and burned continuously rather than flash-
ing. 8ased upon a comparison with 4-snzine airliners, the aircraft seemed
to be about the same size, and cruising at maybe 250 MPK grcand speed at
an altitude of 5,000 fest of thereabouts.

several miles behind this airplane a conventional airplane followed,
that I assumed was an airliner although it very likely was a military
airplane having some connoction with the mystery plane. This plane was
flying at about the sage speed und altitude, and in about the sume direction
as the other. Its navigation lights were flashing as custowarye 50th
planes disappeared to tha wast. Ihe noise of the supposed airlinor was
just what would be expuctod, so that oy failure to hear the other plane
was not due to my deafness.

| I am naturally puzzled, because of my cany yoars of Air Force piloting,
and ay present connection with aviation that includes a lot of travelling

eas an airline passsnzer.

Are you able to onlighten ae in any way on this subject, even if it
ie only to tell me that 1% involyas «a classified project about which you

cannot furnish information? Your reply will be greatly appreciated.

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P.3. A friend was with me when 7a both saw thie. Neither of us had
been drinking!