PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9078845

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONNOf Deadwood S D

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C PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
N of Deadwood, S.D. and 0 Was Balloon
16 Jan 59 Mt Coolige, Custer Park, S.D. 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_17/0030 and 00372 Aivculars Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Q Wes Astronomieal Foralhaut
Y.s 00 Probably Astronomical
C:No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
West Unknown
15 mins one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Objy,size of baseball, flickering like a A check with the division astronomer
flare. Ubj varied in position only 1/2° and a star chart shows the lst mag-,
during the time it was observed. Obj appeared nigude star Fomalhaut to be in the
to be in outer atmosphere and to be exact location given by observers.
tumbling. Clouds would give the illusion of
novement.
AtiC yorM 329 (rey atic yorm 329 ( 26 PRP 52)
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UNCLASS IFIED 056 TTN: DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, UFOR.
FORST OBSERVED 173 MST, MOVING SLOWLY TIME IN SIGHT BEFORE DIS-
APPEARING BEHING CLOUDS, (FIFTEEN MINUTES EYES
FROM AUTOMOBILE A FROM AUTOMOBILE AND SECOND OBSERVATION FROM LOOKOUT STATION WITH AND SECOND OBSERVATION FROM OUT STATION WITH
BINOCULARS 4. DATE OS SIGHTING 17 JAN. 1959C@@30Z FIRST SIGHTING
037Z SECONG SIGHTING. LIGHT CONDITIONS NIGHT. 5. FIRST OBSERVED
FROM AUTO. DRIVING WEST AT APROX. POSITION 44 DEGREES 28 MINUTES NORTH,
32 MINUTES NORTH 103 DEGREES S 44 MINUTES WEST. FYRST OBSERVED BY
Norith oF
Dead wooed, S.D.
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PAGE TWO RJWZGU 1A
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SO. DAM. FH.
OCCUPATION
AGE 40 ADDRESS CUSTER STATE
PARK• PH. IN CARE OF CUSTER EXCHANGE. OCCUPATION
OBSERVER LOOKOU CUSTER STATE PARK SO. DAK. 6. WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TRUE BEARING OF OBJECT TO BE 240 DEGREES FROM HER POSTITION IT VARRIED
ALSO IT APPEARED TO FIRST OBSERVER TO BE IN THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE AND ALSO IT APPEARED T FIRST O
LOOKED TO LOOKED TO HIM LIKE SATILITE. SATILITE.I APPEARED TO HIM TO BE TUMBLING.
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