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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
29 September 1958 Andrews AFB, Washington DC 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
100 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 29/09257- AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical TLeor
Yes dYes 0O Probably Astronomical Probabiy Astronomical
No No Military o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE . NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE Other Other. .ARC ARC WELDTRS WELDERS
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
over l hr one(assumed) Nw & stationdry Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
See case file. T-33 & Helo sent to Seene of T-33 & Helo sent
UFO landing. Found UFO landing. Found d orange color-
ed trucks. Worknien near these
trucks doing are welding on
high tension wires. Initini
obsvation was of the meteor. obsvation was of the meteor.
Following obsvation rerleetions
of the are welders lights.
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RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/OFFICE RMATION HQ USAF
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UNCLASSIFID OGBO 29-9-1 PD UF0 SHAPE COLON ROUND COMMA UNCLASSIFID OGBO 29-9-1 PD UFO SHAPE COLON ROUND COMMA
SIZE COLON ABOUT HALF AGAIN AS LARGE AS THE MOON COMMA
COLOR COLTN GLOWING ORANGE COMMA NUMBER COLON ONE COMMA •. •
TAIL COLON SPARKS SHOOTING TO REAR COMMA SOUND COLON TAIL COLON SPARKS SHOOTING T TO REAR COMMA SOUND COLON
HUMMING SOUND AS IF WIND RUSHING COMMA DSCRIPTION OF
COURSE OF OBJECT COLON DESCNDING TOWARD THE NORTH H WEST
COMMA WHAT FIRST CALLED ATTENTION TO OBJECT COLON •
GLOWING IN THE SKY COMMA ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF
OBJECT UPON DISAPPERANCE COLON 28W DEGREES FOUR MILES WEST OF 0
NIKE SITE 5512 2 AAA COMMANFLIGHT PATH COLON 0525 DST OBJECT
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FELL COMMA OPTICAL AIDS COMMA NAKED EYE COMMA TIME AND
DATE OF SIGHTING COLON 29 SEPT 0525 DST IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION OF ALL OBSERVERS COLON LT F S E
-4TH -MISSTLE COMMA 5TH ARTILLERT -DEERWOOD MD COMMA A/2C
← ANDREWS TOWER OPERATOR, ADW AFB COMMA
T/SGT T E  5 ANDREWS TOWER OPERATOR, ADW AFB PD ANDREWS TOWER OPERATOR, ADW AFB PD
ADW TOWER (EP) SIGHTED OBJECT AT 0525L DESCEFING IN WEST
TO NORTHWEST PD GREEN AND RED LIGHT THAT APPEARED TO BE TO NORTHWEST PD GREEN AND RED LIGHT THAT APPEARED TO BE
DISINTEGRATING AS IT DESCENDED PD RAPCON HAD GROUND
CLUTTER IN THE VICINITY PD PILOT REPORT TO BOLLING TWR CLUTTER IN THE VICINITY PD PILOT REPORT TO BOLLING TWR
VERIFYS PD LT VERIFYS PD LT CALLED BACK AT 0630L OBJECT IS STILL CALLED BACK AT 063L OBJECT IS STILL
GLOWING ON GROUND. PARTY HAS BEEN DISPATCHED TO INVETIGATE PD .......
CALLED AGAIN AT E7OOL GLOW HAD GONE AS IT WAS LIGHT BY THEN PD
0455DST WX ADW COMMA CLEAR 15 PLUS ZERO CLD COVER NO TRW SURFACE
WINDS NNE 5 KTS PD .
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Evaluation of Source Reliability
Analysiand Conclusions: Analysiand Cónclusions: Report clasjified as insufficient information 1 Report clas ified as insufficient information 1
witness Incomplete informaticn, however possibility exists of observaticn Incomplete information, however possibility exists of observaticn
of star or planet. of staror planet.

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THE WASHINGTON POST and TIME'
UFO Is a Reflection .. Wednesday, October 8, 1958
From Arc Welders Sunerior tenderness and flavor cto wa
The "mysterious wing
less less object" which object" which two two
Army missilemen said.
:t landed and took off near
their Nike site at Der their Nike site at Der
wood, Md., last Wednes- wood, Md., last Wednes- . .
day has been identified by day has been identified by .
the Air Force. the Air Force
It wasn't mysterious,
and while it was wingless
it didn't land and take off
a spokesman for Andrews
Air Force Base, which sent
a jet fighter and a heli-
copter for an on-the-spot
probe of the report, stated.
It turned out to be a
group of orange-colored
Potomac Electric Power
Co. trucks, eerily reflect.
ing the unearthly glow of
arc-welders workmen were
S using to build PEPCO's
s steel high tension line
P towers in the area, the Air
I.C Force said it had ascer-
1. tained.
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3 Row does t'y Andrewe/Bolling welting lcat eaplaration Iit in investigation?
kante case hintary of tnis
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SOURCE prevlous AF position PHONE:
ACTION: rppli Oted INQ ys
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will ba made by Air Techinioal Ceater, besed on the Air Def
Scwman: reperta, *******
inveetigation corple ted,
sfayattop
WLll ASXC/ADO.
THIS REPORT IS TO BE TURNED IN TO CHIEF,
NEWS DIVISION IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETION.
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1 the astronomical scale by Sept. 30. posed to help the farmer to bring in his
: position of Mars, which is in the con- cury will be hard to see. The moon, then harvest.
iom of Taurus, the bull, is shown on a narnyw waning crescent, will pass boch
companying maps. These depict the of the planets early in the morning of Sepe Destination: Lyra
i it appears aiout 10 pan., your own 12. And on the morning of the wach
of standard t tume (add one hour for Mercury can be seen passing very close to Lyra, which shines high overbed thee
ht saving on Sept. I; an hour earlier the star Regulus, which is in Leo, the lion, evenings, has a sumber of poinis of interest.
middle of the monch, and two bours and is of the tirst magnitude. The aporoach and is of gritude. The aporoach The entire solar evstem, the sun and all the The entire solar svstem, the sin and aill the
at the close. The red color of Mars. at the close. The red color of Mars. will appear so close that the pair will look will appear so close that the pair will look planets, is moving through space toward planets, is moving rotugh space toward
he fact that it is brighter than a like one star to the naked eye, but a pair Lyra at a speed of about I2 roiles ter stene d. Lyra at a speed oi about I2 roiles ter stened.
planet or any star visible at the sausn planet or any star visible at the suun of binoculars will show them to be seperate. of binoculars will stow them to be separate. The earth's distance to Vera. in Ey.a. is The earth's distane o Vera. in Ey.a. is
make it casy to identify. make it easy to identify. about 23 light years; that is,  ties the vx about 23 light years; that is,  rie the vx
ier in the evening. however, Juphter ier in the evening, however, Jupiter Autumn Arrives trillion miles that a ray of hg, teaveing trillion miles that a ray of dgt, teaveing
seen, and is even brighter. It is iss seen, and is even brighier. It is iss 186,000 miles cach second, wii er in i 186,000 miles cach second, wii er in 2
the virgin, and sets before the rimes the virgin, and sets before the rimmes Another important event on the astro Another important event on the astro. year. This distance is lessening ar  ie year. This distance is lessening ar  rie
ich our maps are prepared: at about ich our mnaps are prepared: at about nonical nonical program for Seprember will occur program for Seprember will occur of more than 20 miles per secund.  ry of more than 20 miles per secund. yt rly
'clock at the first of Scytember. By 'clock af the first of Scotember. By at 8:10 a.m., F.S.T., on the 23rd. This is at 8:10 a.m., F..S.T., on the 23rd. This is is the earth appronching Lyra, bat yes it is the earth appronching Lyra, bat yes it-
d of the month it will descend below the equinox, the tine when the sun, which self is moving towards our part i  s self is moving towards our part i d s
rizon so swon after the sun that you has been nioving southward since last june, has been noving southward since last june, at about 8.5 miles per secetc; isanstriy, at about 8.5 miles per aecertd: isanitely,
x be able to sce it at all.
is shown in Opluuchus, the serpent.
low in the wuthwest. Of magnitude low in the wuthwest. (f magnitude
is alxut a thiral as briybyt as Mars is. is about a thired as bright as Mars is,
beginning of Sepiember. %777493
ing to the stans that are seen there 130
s, the brightest is Vega, in Lvra, the
gh in the west. A linle to the ease
group you will see Cygnus, the swan,
h the star Deneb shines. Toward the
: Altair, in Aquila. the eagle. These ANNCD
- right stars, all of the tirst magnirude,
hat is sometimes called the summer
, becaune it is o conspicuous un A.NT(RS
eveninga V70
: other Sirst-magnitude stars are alu
All of them are now quite low in
where the increased alsorption of
sht by the stnosphere causes chem
ar rather fainter than they shuuld.
in the northeast, to the left of Mars.
I find Capella, in Auriga, the char.
In the northwest is Arcturus, in CCATEROS
the bear driver. And in the south
ncs Fonalhaut, in Pincis Austrinus,
hern fich.
Rising Planet
early morning the planet Venus CEus
in the cast. it rises about an bour
of ahead of the sum at the begin.
Septenber, an hour at the end KAST Jouth
we nimh Yenus wild be jouned hw
innermost of ali the planets, wbuch STARS IN ORDER OF ARIGHTNESS

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