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CASE REFERENCE7472489

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONSeneca Kansas

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

2. LOCATION

1, DATE - TIME GROUP
8 dusust 65 03/0300Z

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“Seneca, Kansas

3. soURCE 10, CONCLUSION .

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5 LENGTH O# OBSERVATION

_ INS UP PIOTENT DATA FOR SYALUATISN

Form 164, sent, not returned

1}. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Oral-=—fat, almost roundz—object gpravewhits color observed
because it was a Light object in the nignt sky remaining
near the ground. 4Jstimated at 2nile fron it arver moving
toward him to within 1°0 yds, Object then made a sharp turn
to the right and disappeared suddenly. Size of auto ?

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TYPE OF O38SERVATION

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9, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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INCOMING | DEFAR? MENT OF THE AIR FORCE
MESSAGE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH

AF IN: 59035 (12 Aug 65) G/ret
ACTION: NIN-7

INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-8, SAFOS-3, DIA- 1 (a1)
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UNCLAS 328FYODC 99196 AUG 65. FOR ADOIN, FTD WRIGHT-
PATTERSON, AFNIN, SAFOI.INFO: SCODC-I, 290IN..

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PARA 14Az (1) OVAL CFAT = ALMOST ROUND) (2) SIZE OF AUTO 1/2 |
MILE AWAY. (3) GRAY - WHITE. (4) ONE, (5) N/A. (6) N/A, 3
(7) NONE. (8) NONE. (9) NONE
PARA 14B: (1) FACT THAT IT WAS A LIGHT OBJECT IN NIGHT SKY

(2) REMAINED AT AN ELEVATION CLOSE TO THE GROUND
(3) ABOUT THE SAME AS (2) ABOVE. C4) FROM ABOUT 1/72 MILES

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PAGE 2 RUWGKG 77 UNCLAS AF IN: 59036 (12 Aug 65) PG 2 OF 2
MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN TO OBSERVIER’S LEFT AND DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY,
3) SUDDENLY. (6) MINUTE OR TWO,

PARA 14C: (1) GROUND-ViSUAL. C2) NONE, (2) N/A,

PARA !4Ds3 (1) 88002 8 AUG 65 (9209C). (2) NIGHT, PARTLY

CLOUDLY, MOONLIGHT BUT NOT BRIGHT.

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PARA 14E: 10 MILES EAST OF SENECA, KANSAS ON US 36, SENECA,
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PARA 147: QIN. 22 years oL->, Se, «cro,

SEEMED RELIABLE. (2) N/A.

PARA 14G: (1) PARTLY CLOUDY (LIGHT CLOUDS). (2) SURFACE 329/10,
6,993 - 349/23, 10,900 ~ 333/27, 16,990 - 330/31, 20,999 - 339/39,
30,299 - 320/35, 50,920 - 309/19, 89,99@ NOT AVAILAALE. ¢3)
3,903 AND SCATTERED. (4) {5 MILES. (5) FOUR TENTHS. (6) NONE
(7) AVERAGE 7 DEGREES C PER KILOMETER, TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT
8,990 FEET.

PARA 14H, NONE, PARA 14I N/A. PARA 14d. N/Ae PARA 14K:

F C FAUST, MAJOR, WG INTEL OFFICER, WITH INFO AVAILABLE

AT THIS LEVEL, NO ANALYSIS CAN BE MADE OF: THE POSSI-

BLE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING.

PARA 14L. NONE.

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