PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1. DATE Was Balloon
33.50 N130.45W Pacvic 000 Probably Balioon
27_Apr_58 Possibly Balloon
3. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft
Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor Ground-Rodor 0 a Probably Aircraft
Local _. Locol .. Ground-Visual C a
Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
GMT_27/0953Z Air-Visual
PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
5. 0 Probably Astronomical
Yos Yos Possibly Astronomical
:No Military
9. COURSE 0 Other_ Other. Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 0
D Unknown Unknown
1mins 1mins one West
0. BRIEF SUMHARY OF SIGHTING 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
bright orange-red ball which which Description characteristics characteristics
Obj of Obj of are suggestiy of a jet/a/c
fanned fanned out out similar to jet afterburner
though was traveling straight & level w/afterburn in operatin.
in same directbn as a/c. Became smaller
and disappeared.
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Multi HEADQUARTERS
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ENT AIR FORCE BASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO TEL: MELROSE 2-5511 2220
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IN REPIY REPER TO ADODI-B
ADODI-B 7MAY 1958
SUBJECT: Air Intelligence Inf nation Report
TO: Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Pattorson Air Force Base
Ohio
The attached inclosure forwarded as a matter pertaining to
your command.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
1 Incl 1 Incl W0L02AF
IR-552-1-58, Air Intell lroctne or Intelligence lrectoe or Iatelligence
Info Rpt, 28 Apr 58 (Unel) Info Rpt, 28 Apr 58 (Unel)
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based sround site indicated no known aircraft flying
sighting. (Details, see Part C his report.)
COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER
The sighting was mada by orea. The pilot
of the incident and the nature of airborne traffie in that
conceded that it may have been an afterburner but felt a report should be
pickad up by the radar of the RC-l2l; and 3. A check
2 The object waa not site reported no known aireraft in the aireraft in the area of area of
with the land-based ground site reported no known with the land-based i ground qualified
the sighting. On this baais further further investigation by investigation by hnically onically
personnel personnel saams saais warranted.
James J. Hige C1 lineit
JAMES J. HAYES
1/Lt., USAF
Intelligencs Cfficer
INCLS
COMMENTS OF APPROVING OFFICER:
APPROVED
LUCIUS BEKBE, Jr.
Major, USAF
Direetor of Intalligenca, 552nd AEwae Wing
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AF FORM 112 REPLACES AF FORM IIZ. 1 OCT 52. WHIGH MAY DE USED U S GOVENAINGENT POHNNING OPFICE TSL O 315475
15 SEP 5.4 UNCLASSIFIED
CLASSIFICATION

Same as 2) (b) above
Straight and lavel in same direction as airoraft
Cbject_became smaller and disappeared 1/6n2
1 1/2 minutas,
(3)
30D Nons
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(4) (4) (a) 095329=C05-3 0953z 2-9=003
(b) Night Night
(5) 03350N, 13 03350N, 1 of OAL. oreL PrCc CA. orel PrCc
(6) (6) (8) William T. Mauser, 1/Lt.. 552nd
Airorart Commander, Reliabls Airorart Commander, Reliabla
$(3 $( William Salren, 2/Lt., 552nd Wing, 964th Sqdn, Nav Nav Reliable
Owin M Kin3, King, 552nd Wing, 964th Sqdn, I Inst Engineer, Inst Engineer, Reliable Reliable
(7) Broken cloud dacks at 3000 and 14000 Pnokanoloud coond.1oc01 , Strat o cu, Wind 295/17K motnte W4na205/7x
N/A
300009 See7a) above
25 milea, plus
See 7) (a) above
Nona
(8) None
(9) Checked with ground site
(10) o', 24 miles out, Outbound
(21) James J, Hayes, 1/Lte. USAF, oce Offieer, 552nd AEW&C Wing.
See COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER,
(12) Negative
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