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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8408930

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONinaboatonlake Winnebago Wis

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2 LOCATION — 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Was Balloon
26 ug 59 ing Nant om take a) Seoray Baise
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . y
2045 & 2110 : O Wos Aircraft
Locol 2_& 2X Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rador OQ Probably Aircraft
GMT___27/02%5 £. 27/0310 Lug 0 Air Visvol © Air-Intercept Radar | 7 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ° RCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
“OcNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
1X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
LL mins six varied
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Six objs appearing as single lights, going Insufficient info received in ltr.
faster than a jet. Light was yellowish white,| Follow-uc questionnaires sent but no

ay
about as large as the ist magnitude stars. Three //additional info was received.
more objs wore sighted near the big dipper. Two Signtings by 5 peépie.

more were sighted at 2119 hrs witil 21165 hrs.
Objs traveled horizontally for about 5 mins
then slowly faded ott.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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August 26, 1959
Saw 6 objects in southwestern sky
and 3 near the bis dipper at
about 20:45 hr. until about
20:50 hr. Saw 2 more at 21:10hr.
until 21:16 hr.

Single lights going fuster than
a jet. Light was a yellowish white
about as large as the lst magnitude

stars.

Went horizontaly for about 5 minutes
then slowly fading out.

One went ffom the end star on

handle of Big Dipper to end star

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in cup, in about 5 seconds.

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REPLY T
ATTN OF

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AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER rom

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SAFIS-3 (Major L. J. Tacker)

It is suggested that questionnaires be forwarded to be filled out by
<q. 22.3 the other persons who were witnesses to this sighting.

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A & ARE—SF
SAFIS-3., <¥paapeyiekd/72291

21 September 1959

Dear Miami

This is to acknowledge your letter of 6 September 1959
concerning Unidentified Flying Odjects you sighted recently
on Lake Butte Des Morte, Wisconsin.

Your letter contained insufficient data to allow a
valid conclusion. Therefore request you complete the attached
Air Force Questionnaire in regard to this sighting and forward
the completed paper to the Air Force Technical Intelligence
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for snalysis and
evaluation.

Sincerely,

Inclosure LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Ma jor, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information Services

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