PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8868285

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONEllsworth AFB South Dakota

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE LOCATION 12. CUNCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
i Sertember 1953 Ellsworth AFB. South Dakota 00 Prabably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Lseal Greund-Visual Ground-Rodar o Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
CT_08/03057 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar PessiblyAircraft
5. PROTOS SOURCE 2 Was AstronomicalAnl..∴
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
CMo Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF .OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
;ti.l visible after Insufficient Date for Evaluation
stationary Unknown
2 :rs one
10. BHIEF SUMMA GHTING 11. COMMENTS
)bj shape of star, pin point in size, Star Areturus at sOdgr elov 2 0i
la hing red, white & green. Noticed azimuth. N other planets o. stai
veciuse of flashing & brightness. Very of lst mag at or near this tev.
nig:. 30dgr off horizon. Indications point to astroncnicai
sighting. Case evaluatod as
probably Arcturus._
:
TIC FORM TIC FORM 329 26 SEP 52) 26 SEP 52)
NNNN 03052 8Sep
Multi Multi Z:
Inaf
RECEIVED8 091333 •
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8SEP58 08 04
RE003
TELEPHONED
CZCSQA226ZCVYD578 ATIC TO D
NO.S21EL
PP RJEDSQ TIME 09
Dale
ZOV RJES by:
CZCQVB771ZCGUA018
PP RJESQ -
ZDK RJWZGU ARctonuS 35°hw
PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEZHQ 280°AZ 4x2a
DE RJWZGU 1012 oer
EcuPre 15-17 V
P 0803052. 3.3 a
EcLiPirC 22-23 21
FM COMDR 740TH ACWRON Le 13,54.
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TO RJWZGU/COM R 29TH ADIV DEF
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB •.
RJEZHQ/DIR OF WASH 25 DC
BT
//UNCLASS// OIN 661 ATTN: DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE. UFOB
LASHING RED WHITE AND GREENI
NO SOUND
(2) WAS NOT MOVING/EIRST OBSERVED BECAUSE OF BRIGHTNESS AND FLASHING
30 DERESS OFF HORIZAN/STILL VISABLE
(3) VERY HIGH OBSERVED BY NAKED EYE
0305-7=2005
(4) TIME SIGHTED 0305 28 SEPT 1958, NIGHTTIME •
ELLSWORTH AFB SQ. DAK. SECOND TO OBSERVE IT WAS 2ND LT. ROGGENBUCK
MARGUS F. AGE 26 LIVES AT 24 MARGINAL RD ELLSWORTH AFB SQ. DAK. BOTH
EMPLOYED BY USAF EMPLOYED BY USAF F (6) SKY CONDITION (6) SKY CONDITION CLEAR. CLEAR.
BT
08/05102 SEPT RJWZGU 08/05102 SEPT RJWZGU
No elevation, agimth or biection lime,am ocliection
no eleval
qwen aey inited info.
Jrffinge
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