Project 10073 Record Card and UFO Report - Lincoln, Nebraska, 12 August 1959

On 12 August 1959, at 0511Z, SSGT William J. Jacobs of the 98th Air Refueling Squadron reported a UFO sighting in Lincoln, Nebraska. The witness, who was observing the moon with Japanese-manufactured 10/50 binoculars, turned to see a round, pinhead-sized object with a bright white light that faded to orange before disappearing. The object exhibited a high-frequency flicker, estimated at 500 times per minute, and followed a gradual path of descent toward the east-northeast. The observation lasted between one and one-and-a-half minutes. The reporting officer, Capt Lorenzo H. Herring Jr. of the 98th Bomb Wing, consulted with Mr. Kjohn Howe of the University of Nebraska Planetarium. Based on this consultation and the fact that the Perseid meteor shower had commenced at 2300 hours on the previous evening, the official conclusion was that the object was of an astronomical nature. The report notes that the witness was considered reliable and intelligent, though lacking specific knowledge of astronomical phenomena.