PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
20 Jan 53 10 Mi W of Oxford, N.C. a Prabably Balloon
4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 20/0500z to_06307 20/0500Z to_0630z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Jupiter Was Astronomical I Jupiter
Yes 000 0 Probably Astronomicar Probably Astronomical
No Civilian & Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other. Other...
circling circling & 00 D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
1 hr 30 Mins one Irising
10. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd white light, size of car car light or Characteristics of an astronokicd Characteristics of an astronokicd
basketball. Would come basketball. Would own & go back go back sighting are present. Planet
up w/circling motion. Jupiter was in the rptd position rptd position
& is considered as Rnod the obj the
sighting.
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ATIC FORM

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SIRIUS .
BETELGUESE BETELGUESE 3. I25w 3. 720w imalrlaty cmalrlity
ALDABERAN ALDABERAN beaing
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E. N/A
F.N/A
(3) A. GROUND VIS
Time ofiylitng:
B. NONE
C. NONE 6700Z-5= 200 AM Loce
C
(4) A. 20/0720Z
B NIGHT C
(5) ONE MILE NORTH EAST OF OXFORD N.C.
(E) , MILK TRUCK DIRVER AND
DEPARTMENT
B. NO MILITARY OBSERVERS
290/40, 20000 e
290/40, 20000 290/70, 30000 290/40, 20000 290/70, 30000 288/30.
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C. CLEAR .
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D. 10 MILES
E. NONE 4
F. NONE
(8) N/A
(9) NONE *
(1Z) ONE A/C IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING 3
(12) THE OBJECT, WAS INDENTIFIED AS A STAR UPON THE ARRIVAL

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PP RJEPHO RJEDDN RJEDSQ
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TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC \ 44
RJEPJM/COMDR 85TH AIR DIV DEF
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RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER
RJEPHQ/CIR OF HQ USAF
BT
1-30. .
UFOB REPORT.
(1) (A) ROUND (I) (A) ROUND 2 *
B. CARLIGHT OR B. CARLIGHT OR BASKETBALLapIoT appot 6-1des in dnntn 6-1rades in dnte
C. WHITE 9
D. ONE
E. N/A , ,
F. BRIGHT F.E BRIGHT LIGHT
G NO TRAILS EXHAUST C
H. NONE '
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I. NONE A
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DETACHMENT FOUR
4716TH GROUND OBSERVER SQUADRON
United States Air Force prob
USO Building, 302 Morris Street
Durham, North Carolina
4716-1 GOS 22 January 1958
SUBJECT: UFOB
TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
ATTN: Director of
Ent AF Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Inclosed UFOB report for your information and
any action deemed necessary by your
Frank W Bgnes
1 Inel 1 Incl FRANK W BYRNES
UFOB Rpt (Dupl) Captein, USAF Captain, USAF
Commander
ADODI-B 1st Ind 4FE5 J
Headquarters, Air Defense Headquarters, Air Defense Cormand, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado
TO: TO: Commander, Commander, chni cal Intelligence Center, ATN: AFCIN 4E4,
Wright-Patter Wright-Patt ce Base, Chio Base, Chio
Inel
n/c
3/

Weather Bureau Office of wind dir-
30,000
290/70_; 50,000280/70_; and 80,000 280/30_.
c. Ceiling Unlimitad d.Viaibility: _Tan (Lo) Miles
e. Amoint of cloud cover: None f.
quadrant in which located: None
m
or otherwise, which account the si None
.
directives:.Forwarded
to Radar Site (Bathbox) .
10.
11. Position title and comments of the preparing officer, including his
preliminary analysis of
12. Existance of physical evidence, such as materials and photographs:
N/A
.
:
1

served: Above Road c. Angle of
disappearance: N/A d. Deccription of flight path and
b. Light conditions (use on erms): Night, day, dawn,
dusk: Night
cude and longitude of each ob-
position with reference.to a known landmark:
1.

Officers and
5ou yards above the Oxiord radio tower and moving towards Henderson, N.C., at
time, then it
moved back toward them sl wly while spinning.
The officers state
would observe the object later Upon arriving again up
was high and stil east.
Sargeant
Sargeant stated that he observe the object
eight hundred feet off ground.
Durham, N.C.
Mr who was notified by Sargeant of the Oxiord
Police, statad that he interviewed many persons on the scene who had
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curred with Mr
In the opinion ganization, object sighted was the planet
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