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CASE REFERENCE8688384

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONWichita Falls Texas

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2. Shape ~ "Round, looked very much Like a star"
b. Size - "The head of a pin at arms length would have covered it"
c, Color - "Just Dlue-whnite, it was not blinking Lights"
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e. Tatil or Exhaust - "No tail or contrails”
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ag. Other unusual details - "I have seen the echo satellite, and this «o
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2. Vescription of course of object:
Ae wnat first called the atterti or f the observer "I just looked up and
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sxy. This time when I looked up it was there."
De wile or azisuth when first seen — "About YU degress, almost overhead"
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Be 119300 Z =~ June 1961
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. 5. Location of observer =- acsout 1 mile west of Sheppard Air Force Base.
6, Identifying information on observer
a. Name = Richard W. Nieber
b, Grade - SSgt, Usar
c. Organization - Detachment 5, Sth weather Group

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