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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228124

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONRed Springs N C

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
17 May_58 Red Sprinys, N.C, 3 Probably Bollecn
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossidly Balloon
Local BH Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodor pK Wos Aircraf tte fuel Opr
: lars O Probably Aircraft
GMT__18/0227Z 9 BAR QGULATS oo Airintercept Roder |F Possibly Alrcroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
xD No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: ; 0 Unknown
3 mins six SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Six lights, located in 3 pairs at the }) Refuel Operation,
Ipoints of an imaginary inverted equidis-
tant triangle, size of an a/c, white.
Observed at 30 deg elev 315 deg azi-
muth, Objs moved to 35 Deg elev 115 dep

azimuth. Stayed in formation.

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LIGHTS LOCATED IN THREE (3) PAIRS AT THE POINTS OF AN IMAGINARY
‘INVERTED FOUIDISTANT TRIANGLE| (2) SIZE_OF AN AIRCRAFT, SIZE UNKNOWN
(SY WITEL (4) GEX_LIGHTS (5) UNKNOWN (6) N/A (7) NONE (8) NONE (9?
NONE Be (1) VERY BRIGHT LIGHT (230 DE DEO ELEVATION, 245 DEG (3)

(35) DEG ELEVATION, {vS"pEc (4) \SE-S-SE) (5) FADED FROM SIGHT TO-THE—

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WORTH CAROLINA (2) N/A Ge (1) NO COMMET (2) 6,00 FT 299 DEG/20K

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50 Kz 30,000; 50,000; AND 80,000 FT NOT AVAILABLE, SURFACE WAS CALMy

" REPORT Is FROM POPE AFB NC WEATHER STATION (3) NONE (4) 1% MILES

(5) HIGH, THIN BROKEN ABOVE 20,920 FT MEAN SEA LEVEL (6) NONE
He NONE SIe NONE Je POPE AFB NC, VARIED» VARIED Ke WING INTELLIGENCE

OFFICER, IT APPEARS THAT A PHENOMENON OCCURRED 1+ NONE

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REFERENCE YOUR MESSAGE WDO-INT 6-W137 DATED 18 JUNE 1958, REFER-

/UNCLASSIFIED/FROM: AFCIN-4E4

ENCE PARAGRAPH 6B AFR 200-2, REWUEST COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS
kb, 5, 6a AND 17, AFR 200-2 DATED 5 FEBRUARY 1958. REFERENCE
PARAGRAPH 5g, A CHECK WITH OTHER AF UNITS, PARTICULARLY REFUELING
UNITS, SHOULD BE MADE TO DETERMINE IF A REFUELING OPERATION WAS
BEING CONDUCTED AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING. PARAGRAPH Dl OF
REFERENCED MESSAGE GIVES THE DATE TIME GROUP AS 18/0227Z MAY 58.

REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF THIS. IN REPLY REFER TO RED BPRRINGS

UFO INCIDENT.

COORDINATION

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AFCIN@4E4-S-i2353-2, SUBJECT: nal SPRINGS UFO INCIDENT, DATED

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NOT T2LL THE DISTANCE AND TH&REFORE WAS NOT SURE OF THE SI7e.

THIS OCCURRED AT 218723437. LT ADMINS ALSO HAD CONVERSATION

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ROTH STATIONS SAY TH= SAME LIGHT AS LT ADKINSe LT ADMINS AI.50
STATED THAT DURING THE FLIGHT THERE WERE MANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THe

Ne Coy SeCoy GEORGIA AREA AND THAT SEVERAL NATURAL PHENOMENA TOOK

PLACE IeEe, A THREE FOOT ARC OF STATIC ELECTRICITY JUMPED FROM PROD:

TO DROGUE JUST PRIOK TO REFUELING THE BSS. HE_AISO STAT D THAT

TEN MINUES AFTER SEEING THE FALLING OSJECT AT APPROXIMAT=LY

18°2353Z THE AURORA BOREALIS WAS EXTREMELY ACTIVE AND HIGHLY VISIBLi«

THE REFUELING TOO!; PLACE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 15,5°4_ FT. IF MORE

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INFORMATION IS REQUIRED ON THE SUBJECT, A FORM 2112 WILL BE REQUESTED

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