PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7202911

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONOver Wilkes Barre Pa

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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GMT As BESTA? 0 Air- Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar |G Possibly Aircraft
‘PHOTOS | 6- SOURCE ~ 10 Was Astronomical
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ON. Viti Be 0D Possibly Astronomical
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REF YOUR MSG OIN 6709, DTD 2) NOV 58. REPORTING AN UFO SIGHTING
OVER WILKES BARRE, PA. REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
AFR 200=2, DID 5 FEB 58 SPECIFICALLY; WHAT WAS SIZE OF OBJECT,
WHAT WAS THE ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH OF OBJECT WHEN FIRST AND LAST
SEEN, WHAT WAS FLIGHT PATH OF OBJECT, HOW DID OBJECT DISAPPEAR, HOW
LONG WAS OBJECT IN SIGHT, ANY OTHER INFO CONCERNING A/C, BALLOONS,

ETC., THAT MAY HAVE BEARING UPON THIS SIGHTING.

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$709 DOD 24 NOV 58 REGARDINGNUFO SIGHTING. OIN 6709 ORCGINATED
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12-2865-E, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED CONCERNING
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ITEM A ¢€1) SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS: OBLONG OR CIGAR-SHAPEDCINSTEAD OF

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