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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

I. DATE 2. LOCATION

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Rnd, bright orange o§ w/fan shaped
tail, slightly smaller than a full
moon but iarzer than any star or

planet. Had continuous flight path,

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12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Passibly Balloon

Was Aircraft

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Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical
Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

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HEADQUARTERS

.2578TH AIR BASE GROUP
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS

BASOPS 7... ivag
SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object

TO: Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

1. On 29 September 1958, Ellington Air Force Base received a

report from Doctor WE of Houston, Texas, that he had
sighted an unfamiliar airborne object. Listed below is vertinent

data relating to this observation in accordance with paragraph 15,
"AFR 200-2,

&@,. Description of the object:
ayo) Shape: round with a fan shaped tail.

(2) Size: QM described the object as slightly
smaller than a full moon but larger than any star or planet,

(3) Color: right orange.)

(4) Number: (one (1).

(5) Sound: sOqMm stated that no sound emitted from
the object.

(6) No other pertinent or unusual features were noted,

.b. Description of course of object:

(1) stated that he had gone to his back
yard to feed his dogs, He-stated that the object was so large and
unusual that he was instantly aware of its presence in the sky.

| (2) used & small compass to plot the objects
azimuth and estimate s angle of ee. a The first sighting ™
at an angle of 35° on an azimuth of 030°, Angle of elevation 15 ~ .
degrees at disappearance on an azimuth of 40" " onl

(3) Flight path was a continuous, straight flight path
from northeast to southwest, No maneuvers were observed. Object was
visible continuously.

BASOPS, Hq 2578th AB Gp, Ellington AFB, Tex, 3 Oct 58, Subject, Rpt
of UFO

(4) The object nassed out of visual range to the south-
west,

(5) | stated that the object was visible for
approximately fifteen (15 minutes,

c. Manner of observation:

Observation was ground visual with the aid of(ten power |
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d. Time and date of sighting: 072 7 aoe C= ads"
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(1) Period of observation was 0245Z to 0300Z, 29 Sep-
tember 1958.
(2) Light conditions: night.

e. Location of observer: 95° 25 w29° 42'N (southwest side
of Houston, Texas).

f. Revorted b
ton, Texas; telephone
same address,

Also observed by

g. Weather and winds aloft conditions at time and place of
sighting:

(1) ‘naneaean stated that a high stratus condition
existed at time of Observation.

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FONE (2) Wind direeption and Mee TE at surface: 050°LK ;
6,000' 060° 10K; 10,000' 270° 10K; 16,000! 6° 15K; 20,000! 230° 20K;
30 ,000' 260° 30K; 50,000! 270° 40K, 26d

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(3) Ellington Air Force Base weather at 02212 was:
estimated 8,000 feet broken, 10,000 feet broken, high overcast.

(4) Visibility: twleve (12) miles.

(5) Broken to overcast cloud cover,

(6) No thunderstorms reported.
h. No interception or identification action taken.

i. No air traffic was reported in the area at the time of the
sighting. ;

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BASOPS, Hq 2578th AB Gp, Ellington AFB, Tex, 6 Oct 58, Subject, Rpt

of UFO
j. No photographic or physical evidence exists.
2. The Operations Officer prepared this report. He talked
with bot and@QMs. «by telephone. Both individuals seemed

to be intelligent, observant people with a better than average rrasp

of weather conditions and the visual impressions created by aircraft

in flight at night. splayed good sense in using a
compass and binoculars to determine the objects azimuth, elevation and
identity. He recorded his findings and has them in his possession,

3. A telephonic check with the Houston Post's news staff, the

Houston Chronicle's news staff, the Houston Police Department, Civil
Aeronautics Administration, and the Houston Tower did not reveal any
other reported observers. The 747th AC&W Squadron radar and the
Houston Approach Control radar did not observe any unusual traffic
during the period of Doctor Jansa's observation.

4. The flight path of the object closely approximates the route

of V=-13E and V=20 southwest. The speed and altitude of the object
oioeels approximates that of a conventional a: aircraft, The lighting,
however, was completely , unorthodox, It is the ‘opinion of the report-

ing officer that the object was a fuselage, or ‘similar light, on the
underside of a conventional aircraft, probably a civil] aircraft,

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