USAF record 28966282 (1956)
28966282
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 18 July 1956 Arkansas City, Kansas
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local [ILLEGIBLE] Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] GMT 19/00102 Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE [ILLEGIBLE] Yes Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 40 minutes one drifting SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object like a star appearing like a large light bulb, orange with green points, estimated to be at an altitude of 5 to 6000 feet. First seen at an azimuth of 80 dgrs.
11. COMMENTS: Winds aloft in the area of the sighting at the time of the sighting corresponded exactly to the course of the object. Sighting was probably generated by a balloon from Dodge City, Kansas or possibly a balloon from Wichita.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 72)
CONCLUSIONS: Q Was Balloon O Probably Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] O Possibly Balloon [ILLEGIBLE] O Was Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] O Possibly Aircraft [ILLEGIBLE] O Was Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] O Possibly Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] Other Insufficient Date for Evaluation Unknown
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 18 July 1956 Arkansas City, Kansas 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local [ILLEGIBLE] Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] GMT 19/00102 Air-Visual…
- Page 2 MEMO ROUTING SLIP NEVER USE FOR APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS, CONCURRENCIES, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS 1 NAME OR TITLE INITIALS ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION 4E4 DATE COORDINATION 2 [REDACTED] FILE 3 [REDACTED]…
- Page 3 CNS LIGHTS ARKANSAS CITY, KAS., JULY 19-(INS)-SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED "TEAR SHAPED" OBJECTS THAT CAST WEIRD LIGHTS IN THE SKY CAUSED A NEW MYSTERY WHEN THEY WERE REPORTED SEEN FLOATING OVER SEVERAL…
- Page 4 UFOB INDEX CARD AISF-UFOB-191-56 1. DATE 18 July 1956 2. LOCATION Arkansas City, Kansas 3. DATE-TIME GROUP [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Jul 56 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS Yes 6. SOURCE…
- Page 5 [REDACTED] [STAMP: 19 JUL 1956 3500th USAF Recruiting Wing WPAFB, OHIO] [STAMP: 19 JUL 1956 3500th USAF Recruiting Wing WPAFB, OHIO] [HW: Mutti] [STAMP: 19 JUL 1956 3500th USAF Recruiting Wing WPAFB,…
- Page 6 21 [HW: 4E4] [HW: 3-4X2a] [STAMP: 05/14] Great Balls of Fire Stir Saucer Rumors ARKANSAS CITY, Ark. Flying saucers made a brief bid for a spot in the news this week. Officials here got word from the…
- Page 7 [STAMP:] Case 168, Kansas; July 19, 1956—Said the Denver Post in part: "...the Kansas highway patrol reported radar at the Hutchinson, Kansas naval air station and picked up a 'ball of fire traveling…
- Page 8 July 19, 1956-Kansas- Several tear shaped objects that cast weird lights in the sky were reported over many Kansas towns. The mysterious objects cast metallic blue or bluish green lights and moved…
- Page 9 Information for Mr. Ward J. Ruppelt A125, WTH Major Locker 23 May 1959 COLONEL [HW: aj R. J. Ruppelt/18/59/15/Blag 263] [STAMP:] 1. The objects sighted over Kansas City, Kansas on the night of 10…
- Page 10 Maybe it was because a fellow newspaper editor was involved, along with the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Navy and the Air Force. Or, maybe it was simply because it was a good UFO sighting. About the…