Hortense Georgia — February 1958

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD c,~.RO 12. CO;'ICLUSIONS Hortense. G~org;ig, 0 Pro bob I y Boll oon Possi ~ly Balloon DATE TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION : O <Ground Vi suol 0 G round-Rodor Was Aircraft G 1 i d.:> r Probably Aircroh ~ 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Po ssi bl y Ai rcroft o A i ,.. Vi S>J ol 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Probably Ast~nomicol 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation BRIEF SUMMARY O F SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS descri.b1ng- plane :-1o prop~ llrH' cto--inC'T observer' E brass descending C0'1Si,t~r.r. & lr;velling l.flaS' t e rll observ;;;>r . con for:-~ nclusion ATIC FOEUC 329 (:REV 16 SEP 52) This 1a to aclrnovledge aDd thank you tor your l etter or 5 J'ebruary 1958 c.oncemi ng an unj dentitied fl.y:1.Dg object you sighted. A tho1"0Q8h check vith radar stations and other operational un1 ts 1n the local1 ty ahov no unusual l eporta Oil 3 ?ebruary 1958. T"te eharacterist1ea and nmeuvers described 1n your letter suggest a snall glider or large model aj J:'l)lane. Sincerel:T, I.AWRE11C:S J. TACKim MaJor, USA? 3:atcutive ot't1 cer Public In:faxztion Division ~fice of Im"or:tatian Sel"Vi.cea . ---Dd a;f ~'*J'C Qwta Zbu (R;,d~ _olt2~n r. _['gt.AJ /I ! C.COIIOIH.I. nOH I IVl~ t "' N !CESSAII'I' ?rom' Commanding Of ficer, U. S . )l41ra.l A:!.r St.a't.ion Glynco , &u~..rick, '!':>s DiMctor of Intelligance, ~acquarters u. 5. Ur Force, Wa~hington 25, D. C. cult) f . Unidenti.fied .flying object; report of (a) Commander .Eastern Sea Fronti e r Ir~ruction 3820.2 Encl,.._. .. (l) Copy or letter from Mr ' Brunswick, Ga., concexning un1 dentifiad ,1~ .Enclosure (1) is fO'l"'Wardecr for possible investigatiOn or . evalll4tion as an unidentified .fJ.ying objec-t report, as provided in .. ~ reference (a). 2. :The town of Hortense, Georgia, mentioned in enclosure (l) is -~ . located on a bearing o~ 290Gr fi'an NAS Glynco at a distance of about 26 miles. Exact. weather data at the scene of s i ghting is unknoun~ but watber at !-lAS Glynco at 0900R on 3 Fabrua:y w-as as folloi:ftiJt .... Visil:ility -12 mi. ::.: Clouds -SCattered, 3500 AL BFXt B. l"URER COpy to: -, I ~ A!Rl'ECHIN'l'ELCEN, wright-PatterS>n AFB (Attn: ATllA-2C)Y' Cdr. ADC, Ent AJ'B, Colorado Springs, Colo. Cdr. EADF, Stewart AFB, Newburgh, li.Y. C CHEASrSF.Ai'ROll