16 00n76 5w — July 1958

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Keywords: rbepjc, degrees, bearing, comdt, comma, undetermined, surrounded, proltaltly, heading, trailing, greundroclar, 49dgr, ordgr, otidence, ctata, 54dgr, rjeddnient, rbekzcicomasdeforlant, cecilia, ck190, tfiidentified, temerpatrue, afssa, 2008z, gtoun4
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Waa Balloon tar D Proltaltly Balloon J. DATI-TIIII GROUP 4. nPI OP OISIRVATION D Waa Aircraft Lecel----------Xtl Gtoun4-Vtaual D GreundRoclar a Proltaltly Aircraft D Po aai W y AIrcraft ...... ;;;; .. D Waa Aatronomi cal ~ D Proboltly Aatronomical D. Yea . a Poaaibly Aatranomical XJ<Ne Civilian 7 LINOTH OP OISIIVATION m lnaufflciont Doto for Evaluation R mins one 10. IRIIP SUMMARY OP IIOHnNO . 1 1. COMMENTS Obj obsvd heading East fm 3'1dgr azimut~. Strong possibility of a.'z: sight; At 49dgr azimuth ORdgr elev obj turned however, the otidence does not to NE by E disappeared after eight mil$ give sufficient ctata for confirr a. obsvation, on heading of 54dgr azimuth tion of this analysis. Case lisi el ShRpe undetermined, obj was surrounded insufficient data. by white haze, no sound, & there were three white lights aminating fm main body at leas I dgrs in length. These rays were trailing. Did not resembl~ jet a/c exhaust. AftC n a CliP 2t 81P 12) 00 RJEZH~ DE RBEPJC 16 .FM COMDT CG DEPI,R~ 'AEt T 0~ -1-fe A': FOR""CI ST I "F /',E~ . (,AC OIV ION . INC' .\S~ !~Iff Af~SAc WAH DC WASHINGTON DC TO RJEDDN/CADC RJEDDNIENT AFB RBEKZCICOMASDEFORLANT RJEZHQ/COFS USAF FM COMDT CG TO BOLLING AFB NR 1 GOVT SANTA CECILIA /KQWU CK190 17 1505 GMT GOVT US COAST GUARD WASHINGTON AT 0910GMT IN LATITUDE 16.0 NORTH 76.5 VEST SIGHTED A~ tfiiDENTIFIED OBJECT IN THE SKY BEARING 34 DE.GREES TRUE AF IN : 21913 (17 Jul 58) Page 1 of 3 pages ' . DEPAR~ .~Er !T Of ~HE .~:! FOif'CI Jt 1\S~ tFl~t 'Af Ac I J t; 0 L1 I r G AND APPROXIMATELY APPEARED TO BE HEADING EASTWARD STOP WHEN BETWEEN CAPELLA WHICH VAS BEARING 49 DEGREES TRUE AND . VENUS BEARING 69 DEGREES TRUE ALTITUDE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DEGREES IT CHANGED DIRECTION TO APPROXIMATELY NE BY E STOP IT DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY AT 0918 GMT WHEN BEARING 54 DEGREES TRUE STOP SKY VAS CLEAR TEMERPATRUE OF AIR AND SEA 82 DEGREES WET BULB 79 DEGREES STOP SHAPE OF OBJECT UNDETERMINED AND APPEARED TO BE CC LINE 9 FIRST WD TO READ TEMPERATURE PAGE TWO RBE?JC 16 STI:"F /\E!'SAC': C'IV ION 'JNC' \SSI.Ift -AfSSA< SURROUNDED BY HAZE AND THERE VAS NO SOUND STOP THREE WHITE LIGHTS SEEN INTERMITTENTLY STOP EMANATING FROM MAIN BODY APPEARED TO BE TWO LIGHT RAYS COMMA ONE AT LEAST 8 DEGREES IN LENGTH AND THE OTHER APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS THIS LENGTH STOP THEY APPEARED TO BE . TRAILING. THE OBJECT BUT DID NOT. RESEMBLE ANY. JET PLANE EXHAUST AND DID NOT BREAK UP . . IN THE FORCE SIX EASTERLY WIND AND APPEARED ANDDISAPPEARED WITH THE MAIN OBJECT STOP THIS WAS WITNESSED BY CHIEF RADIO OFFICER COMMA SECOND MATE AND TWO ABS ON BRIDGE WATCH I I "' I f o o 17/1634Z JUL RBEPJC l7/2008Z JUL RBEPJC ACTION: CIN INFO : OOP AF IN : 21913 (17 JUl 56) Page 3 of 3 pages