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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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16 Jan 58 | Columbus-Ft Benning, Ga,ared9 Brobably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a at eda
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Local G- Ground- Vi sucl O Ground-Radar G Piobobly Alscrett
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5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomicai
0 No Civilian & Military Q Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other :
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluction
: OG Unknown
DS mins two South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two cigar shaped objs, bright orange |Description of objs & ¢circumstan
lwy/reddish tinge, one following the indicate that they were non-rersis
other. Objs faded out & then came tent contrailts fm a formation of
back, two jet ave. Sun's position low
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COUNTRY CR AREA REPORT CONCERNS | OATE OF INFORMATION
Solumbus-Ft Benning, Georgia 116 Jan 1958
ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT —™” of ie | DATE OF COLLECTION | SR} TATUS (If applicable)
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On the evening of 16 January 1958, Mr. and Mrs igi,
residents of Columbus, Georgia, sighted and reported

a UFOB over the Columbus-Ft Benning, Georgia, area. Information
concerning this sighting was given to the Airdrome OD, Lawson
Army Airfield Command, and relayed to the AC of S, G-2, Hq Third
U. S. Army, Ft McPherson, Georgia. Information was forwarded by
Hq Third Army to AC of S, G-2, U. S. Continental Army Command,
Ft Monroe, Virginia, with information copy to Hq 35th Air Divi-
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l. Description of Objects:
a. Shape: "cigar shaped and oblong" flying objects.
b. Size: "hard to say", perhaps comparable to size of a C+97.
: c¢. Color: bright orange with reddish tinge,
“d. Number: two (2) - er ey Cage aes
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d. Flight path and maneuvers: North to south, with no maneuvers te iy
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e. Manner of disappearance: Faded out rather abruptly.
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a. Hour and date: 16/23302 January 1958,

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b. Light conditions: - Dusk, with perfectl clear skies,
- Location of Observer: Sighting was effected while driving and
after dismounting from vehicle, with all Sightings made fron
Victary Drive (a-main-artery between Fort Benning and Columbus,
Georgia) near King’s Airport, a local Civilian installation.
Observer telephoned report to Lawson Army Airfield Command at
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3. Any Other Unusual Activity or Condition: Negative:
| 9 _Interception or identification Action Taken: None,

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ie; Name, Rank, Title of Person Receiving the Report, and Comments and
Actions: Airdrome Officer of the Da On Army Airfield Command, |
Ft Benning, Georgia. On 17 Jan 1958, Weis ? 22 observer) stated
that he had seen a Similar phenomenon once before "about two months
" ago". The AOD, LAAC, stated that an individual (later identified
; as Pfc Gabriel SPERA, US 51397403, Hq. & Hq Det, LAAC) entered the

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‘ room where the telephone report from HARRIS was being received at
GF approximately 1900: hours on'16 January 1958, remarked that he had
/ seen what appeared to hj be two jet aircraft, and voluntarily

discussed the*matter with “by telephone afte ram completed
Submitting his report. Pfc SPERA was contacted by OACofS, G-2, on
17 January 1958, and Stated Substantially 4S follows: that he
(SPERA) had seen what he believed to have been two jet aircraft

at about the time o " observation; that fhe discussed the | Baie:

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of the objects, the time of their Sighting, their firection of es ee
movement, and their general location "low along the horizon Acres
pretty far in Alabama", were agreed upon be<ween him ~— Uipnetys
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iso that he was certain that the same phenomenon was under discussion;

that the sun was setting at th > time, and , although he could not see
she jet aircraft themselves, hecassumed«from.the characteristics of

she sighting he had made that jet aircraft were actually involved;

shat he was led to this conclusion by prior experience of jet sight-
‘ings; and that. he would describe the sighting as "the reflection of

che sun on the exhaust of two jets". Qa acreed on 17 Jan 58

that he and SPERA had observed the same phenomenon, but was unpre-

pared to lend personal credence to the view that the sighting had

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|the sighting definitely was not of jet aircraft; he simply stated

- that the phenomenon remained unexplained to him. Actual sunset on
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COMMENTS of. Preparing Officer:

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Description of eSbjeets- and circumstances indicates that they
) probably were non-persistent contrails from a formation of two jet
aircraft..- Sun's position low on horizon could have caused the

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