PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969972

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLake City AFS Tennessee

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Mx Was Balloon
11 December 1957 Lake City AFS, Tennessee D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Ground-Visual d ill Was Aircraft
Local_ XXGround-Radar a Probably Aircraft
GMT_12/0048Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronamical
a Y.s 000 Probably Astronamical
XNo Military Possibly Astronomical
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
41 minutes one se
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object about Size of 3 1 B-47 a/c Inconsistant information, radar
in close formatio Object descend- range o is not given
of 13,000 ft Object speed indicated at 90 kts
to 11,000 ft at point oi fade. Speed yet object i 4l min-
estimated 90 knots. Winds from NW to utes. Object a vould
NNW 30-50 knots. move out of range. Winds move out of range. Winds at 30 kts t 30 kts
likely balloon as target paint. target paint.
Obj moving in direction of wind. Obj moving in direction of wind.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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KTADA
UFO ×2
Dec 57
SQH917 SQG110 YMB094FLA055
MM RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ C
5ig7h
DE RJEDFL 2K
M 131400Z No nadar lange given C
11:44
_TO_RJEDDN/COMDR_ADC_ENT_AFB COLORADO_ Q
RJEDFL/COMDR 58TH AIR DIV WPAFB OHIO
RJEDWP/CONDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLI HQ USAF
BT (
UNCLASSIFIED/OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE E 1044. SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT
IR-6-57. REFERENCE PARAGRAPH 7D AFR 200-2. ITEM (1)(A) -
ROUND,
C.
FEET AT INITIAL C
93 KNOTS, ITEM (1)(G) N/A, ITEM (1)(H) N/A, ITEM (1)(I) NONE. ITEM
11,900 FEET Q05)DEGREES, ITEM (2)(D) HEADING
SW wsw
7ncl#10
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MINUS 70, 5 EET, 250 DEG MINUS 60, 80,090 FEET, NOT AVAILABLE,
5 MIEK,ITEM (7)(E)
(10)
BALOON, ITE
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Comments /Concdusions
AFCIN-4E-1
j. Inclosure #10: Radar range of the reported target is not given.
Thus, a possible important clue is missing. The possib lloon or an
unidentified aircraft cannot be ruled out completely.
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