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1. DATE 2. LOCATION ia 112, CONCLUSIONS |
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION
. O Was Aircraft
Local me sue es © Ground-Roder Q) Probobly Aircraft —
GMT Ot} 9 ee O Air Visual a 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft 209)

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE © Was Astronomical ‘?’

O Yes O- Probobly Astronomical oe re,

No Civilian & Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE DO Other

aw 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Ps 4 i nil, UO Unknown
2 hours 15 minutes One stationnrys

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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at ARMS length, Hod Bue A1¢ntS, one 200dsrx azimuth, Altair 30d¢er
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left along the edge of a plane ranning
oarallel to the ground. Both were
obscured fm sight during a portion of
each revolution. No contact on radar
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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT. UFO» THIS REPORT SUBMITTED
TAU, PARA 15, AFR 202-2, 5 FEB 58 AS AMENDED.

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A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT (1) SHAPE WAS (ROUND, (2) OBJECT

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COMPARED TO A @UARTER)HELD AT ABOUT ARMS LENGTH. (3) COLOR
SLUISH WHITE) (41 ONE)OBJECT (5) NO FORMATION (6) DISCERNIBLE
|DETALLS WERE WO LIGHTS ONE RED,)ONE GREEN DESCRIBED AS
ROTATING, SPECIFIC INQUIRY OF OBSERVER CLARIFIES ROTATING TO

WEAN THE LIGHTS APPEARED TO BE STEADY AND IN A FIXED POSITION

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IN THE OBJECT WITH THE OBJECT ROTATING IN A MANNER CAUSING THE

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3E DESCRIBED AS REVOLVING ABOUT THE OUTSIDE OF THE OBJECT.

SHERE WERE TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS OF THE OBJECT PER
‘MINUTE BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION BY THE OBSERVER THAT THERE WERE
INLY TWO LIGHTS SPACED APPROXIMATELY 9@ DEGREES APART IN THE
PLANE OF ROTATION. THE RED LIGHT PRECEDED THE GREEN LIGHT.
30TH LIGHTS WERE OBSCURRED FROM SIGHT DURING A PORTION OF EACH

ROTATIONe (7) NO TAIL, NO TRAIL, NO EXHAUST FROM THE OBJECT.

<3? NO SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE OBJECT. (9) NO OTHER PERTINENT
SEATURE OBSERVED,

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)3e DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT:

4) OBJECT FIRST CALLED TO ATTENTION OF OBSERVER WHEN HE NOTICED
AN AIRCRAFT ON AN APPARENT COLLISION COURSE WITH THE UFO. THE ¢. |
ATRCRAFT CONTINUED ON ITS COURSE AND APPEARED TO PASS UNDER THE |
OBJECT (2) OBJECT FIRST OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 25 To 39 DEGREES

)ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL. (3) ANGLE OF ELEVATION AT DISAPPEARANCE
JAS THE SAME AS APPEARANCE. (4) THE OBJECT APPEARED TO REMAIN
)SUSPENDED IN SPACE. NO COURSE OR FLIGHT PATH WAS OBSERVED. (5)

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OAJECT DISAPPEARED WHEN A LIGHT CLOUD BANK MOVED IN FROM THE
SOTHVEST OBSCURLNG THE OBJECT (6) OBJECT WAS IN SIGHT FOR TUO HOURS
FIFTEEN MINUTES. ie

C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION:

(L) OBSERVATION WAS GROUND VISUAL. OBJECT WAS REPORTED TO IDAHO
CONTROL, GROUND RADAR. NO RADAR CONTACT WAS EXTABLISHED. (2) A
PAIR OF LOW’ POWER FIELD GLASSES WERE USED TO VIEW THE OBJECT.
GLASSES APPARENTLY NO MORE THAN TWO OR THREE POWER. (3) NO AIRBORNE
SIGHTING WAS REPORTED.

De TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING:  19/@115 ZULU. (2) LIGHT CONDITIONS
WERE NIGHT. :

l=. LOCATION OF OBSERVER WAS OMAHA»

NEBRASKA. OBJECT WAS VIEWED AT APPROXIMATELY 199 TO 112 DEGREES
FROM THIS LOCATION.

F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ALL OBSERVERSS

(4) TWO CIVILIAM OBSERVERS WERE MRS. UMMM, ACE 53, HOUSEWIFE
AND MISS SSQQRMMMNNNR, AGE 17, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BOTH OF —.
quueiempeneet, OMAHA, NEBRASKA» NEITHER HAS BEEN AVAILABLE
FOR ITERVIEW AT MESSAGE DISPATCH TIME. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM
THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL FOLLOW. (2) MILITARY OBSERVER, STAFF

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SERGEANT DICK J.» BURKARD, 789TH ACWRON, DIRECTION CENTER CREW

CHIEF. HIS RELIABILITY HAS NEVER BEEN QUESTIONED.
S. WEATHER AND YINDS ALOFT AT TIME OF OBSERVATIONS
(i) OBSERVER DESCRIBED WEATHER AS CLEAR WITH MEDIUM HEIGHT CLOUDS | '
MOVING FROM SOUTHJEST TO NORTHEAST AT APPROXIMATELY 12/9559Z.
(2) QOH ADIV WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED WINDS ALOFT FOR IDAHO
CONTROL AL 19/3001Z AS, 6909 310/15, 19,993 280/59, 15992 290/ 7 |

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63) CEILING=CLEAR UNLIMITED (4) VISIBILITY =~ 45 (5) NO CLOUD | |
COVER (6) NO THUNDER STORItS |

He 29TH ADLV WEATHER REPORTED THREE SLIGHT TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS

EXISTED AT SURFACE LEVEL,
i, NO INTERCEPT ACTION WAS TAKEN

2299 FEET AND 15999 FEET. |
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AS NO CONTACT WITH OBJECT COULD

BE ESTABLISHED.

J, NO CORRELATION OF AIR
ORJECT FROM OBSERVER WAS NOT DETERMINED.

TRAFFIC WAS POSSIBLE AS DISTANCE OF

PREPARING OFFICER, CAPTAIN HOWARD T+ MOODY, UNIT INTELLIGENCE

LON OF THE OBSERVER HAS NOT PRODUCED
WAS OBSERVED BOTH

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OFFICER. CAREFUL INTERROGAT
INITIALLY REPORTED. OBJECT

CHANGES IN FACT AS
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OTHER THAN ROTATION WAS REPORTED. COMAPRISON TO A PASSING AIRCRAFT
VAS MADE. CONFERENCE WITH 20TH ADIV WEATHER SERVICE TENDS TO
DISCOUNT ANY MIRAGE DUE TO TEMPERATURE INVERSION. PRELIMINARY
ANALYSIS DOES NOT SUPPORT NOR DENY THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME
OBJECT WAS SEEN» THIS OBSERVER REPORTS HE HAS SEEN A SIMILAR
OBJECT ON ONE PREVIOUS OCCASSION. THE OBSERVER IS A QUALIFIED
RADAR OPERATOR AND IS FIRMLY CONVINCED AS TO THE EXISTENCE OF
SOME OBJECT DURING THE PERIOD OF OBSERVATION.

Le NO PROTOGRAPHS OR OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WERE OBTAINED.
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