Nearbeebeetown Iowa — August 1958

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Keywords: offutt, dtscription, 1200z, issouri, awakened, reported, richards, winds, numaiei, iiohtini, aatromiftlcl, nomicot, foaaiwy, aataonomlcol, iraufflcl, oiflll, iate11sceaoe, loleoa, ivaluatigii, nflrtlt, stctlllnn, anrltn, lnjiar, jlqln, njjnt
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I. DATITIMI 10073 RECORD CARD t. LOCATION a AI~VIel D Gro.,RtiR .. er a , Aircraft D PoaaiWy Aircraft ivilian multi le L NUMaiEI 0, OIJICTS t. COURSI IIIIP OP IIOHTINI I I. AatrOMiftlcl jlo...; t ;. or D Pro~Wy At,.nomicot a foaaiWy Aataonomlcol a IRaufflcl ... t o ... ,., EvoluetiOft Rnd, white light, compared to size of Probability of a meteor. rising sun. Observer awakened by a light on bedroom wall similar to that caused by headlights of auto turning in driveway. Three other persons sight ed bluish-white to green obj in same AftC POa J2t (lt&Y 21 8&P 12) (8.Cf/lflf'F llfi'Oiflll A f'IOit lien IIIW In) ..... GENCE INFORMATION REPORT D/ Iate11Sceaoe, Bt SlC lla.1or B.v. loleoa ,.-1!0 IVALUATIGII MaJor B.P. a.tth (Q::nflrtlt, .,..,stCtlllnN t!IJin.,anrltn,.uw..,..,...... Z,lfl lnJiar., .,,..,,.. Jlqln ..,f/NJJnt 011 AI lot lila.) Se?eral penon in 'h Lincoln, Reb ka areu reported obaena,iona ot an inteDBe licht in the form ot a tlaah, then a glow1ag green obJect traYeliDC in a northerl7 clirect ion durioc the earl7 morn1 ng hours ot waluat ton at teiiP\ecl. al ....... Clllet, Alr ~tlllat D1Ylatoa the pro'bab1llt7 of a ae\eor1te eziata lfaJor, USlJI 111,1ea BraaCb Gassifleatlon Cancelled OR Chan.;ad to oitb ... ? 2. C7 ot cl1pp1ac, Omaha World Herald. 2 J r incln"!lr~ tlo .... . /. .... 0 ts wi th1:-'l~n tor not :o:-r P danee j n J. ord:"nce 1 tl DISPOSITION FO DATI l2 Aug ~/{ COMMENT NO. 1 RTGI/M&J Robsolt/Jel/2524 fiGM Candr 1. IAW par 15 the following pertains to a report of an Unidentified Plying Object received b,y ~or Herbert W Robson, extension 25248, otthis organization: a. Dtscription ot object: 5 Not applicable 6 None reported 7 None reported 8 None reported b. Dtscription of course: c. Manner of observation: 1 Ground -visual. 2 No optical aids. 3) Not applicable. d. Time and date of sighting: 1Hf'ISS,61~ 0330, 12 August-local time.~(~3Cr-C"- Observer lives on a fann near t. Identifying infonuation on observer: Place can be reacnea wife .. of farm~t;, .. :S.'Q w -~ow~ ... ~elephone: IDUCIIIMI .. I OC:I .. WHICIIIIAY. -~ ~ . II fUll... * L eowa .. IIIT "-.,.ICI I Veatber -ualmowa. h. 1 Observer awakened husband, but obJect waa gone before he could aee it. Obael'V'er waited tor public news rep.rdins object -but heard none by tillle ahe reported t to the Air Force at o850 hours loeal. She knows ot no other witneaaea. Mr report then save telephone to wife for details. Both parties coherent, co~rative and concerned regarding value ot iDt on to the Air Force. Telephone obviously was being monitored on rural line. Ro at made to withold names; on location investigation solicited. Major, USAF Director ot Admjnistrative Services o.M Wol'ld. lera14 01GWlltl Llpt lD IIcht - A Ltaoola r .. t4eDt two reported .aeelag aa um~ o tloa wa1 appareat t'-1r It Dot beea a aatelllte, ea14 ,.,_.., -.cttac ob1e"er Ia charc ot the Moomuttch 1tatloa at br.~ka UD1Yezw1t~ at LtacolD. !be on17 r.atalag luela eatelllte ill tM 1q aed ewer the Llacaln area &\oat 11 p.a. !he Allerlcaa Kzplorer la alae ewer the area dur1QC tile ,.,., 11 aot Ylaible \o p-ound obarYertl, he la14. the SpRtntt III will pMI J t welt ot Liacol.D at 10 &39 P Wedneadq abaa.t 10t24 fhuradq, he a44ed. ful4.,. report a came frcm a . who aald he 18 the obJect tr&Te at ):28 a.m. aaid it wu "a bluieh white, iateaaeq br1111azat OY&l with a Ye1'7 abort ~ellov-rcd tall, appeariag to . be abo.~t halt the a1se of the mooa. who w~ repor\1DC to work at the Cit~ Market, Sll t, a abou.\ ):)0 .a... Be called it " blue tle aa ..... , tr&Yel1DC atratcht weat. , who happened to be * cluoet out a w thea a a2S or 3:30. 6be aald ehe t.he lpreaaion ot a ~he~. D1QI veat. 1006!11 AIR SERVICE United States Air Force ~t Air Force Base, Colorado Air 1'cchr1lco.l Inte1.1:1.6enc.-, Hright-Fattersor~ Air l'orc. ~se, OhJ.o AISS, Richards-Geba.ur Air l'rce 3o.sa, ..:issouri invast::.s~at:d t'is incident 4 Sep 58 t.li th the follow~ ne r3SU.l_ ts: l]eebeeto,.m, Iowa has subs Ue!1 ;tre'J't, uol:":;n, Colorado, p::on a nd \ las l"lot inte~Y:tc~;e,1. f-J.c dr:.i. -: ~c/'.:, living in 0 3beeto\vn rviewed but could a~:d litt.Lo to \1'.1~t .. :. s already kn.:>un. :~\lsi :'::on-'~s E:e 3beetoHn Hho ue;-:-e cont::.ctcr~ 1:1;.;_ ... : no !{nJwledge of the o bj 3Ct nor had t :1e:7 heard thtl. t, one '1::..d ~3en s ~f)~".::.:;. b. Loca.l r~sidents Sf>O~=e highly of ,.:ra. ~:: -~ i.-:~r7) -~=- ~. of the opinion that she was a le"~tel-~oaded person ~ot of ~-: c::~:. ~c;:J.e nature. 1'he police o ~:issouri Valley, Iowa, about 7 r.dlas orth,.:Jst of Beebeetown, had no :mowledga of tho sight;ing, n.)r did the y :~nO\.J t>e c. '.lbe attached s~celich, inclosure 1, s :1ot-rs r::n!ehly ~hG .';3nnrP.l area of Jeeboet,-..m. AccordinG to Source s daughter, . .rn. :!iller ~ . .r:;_s not awa!<aned by the li~ht a.s the ;:".: .: states, but rc.t:1er t:1.d:, she .. :.: J unable to sle~p and "l~s sitting up in bed t..r.t1C3!l sh3 f~.:-3t, not1.c c d ~ .... light at point It (the lig!,t) proceeded to poi~t Of the hill II ] at a SUpposedly lO\v S.l ti tu0e On a sC1"l,::rul 'or c:1ec.s ~ ;~0 Southw~st c..,urse. 'I"ne interviel-rer coald not ac:3cartai~ if . sound accompanied t i1e light nor if it actually di sa -.pear~r. behi ;-.d t :ia tr 3:: s or disappeared in th::. distance .3. Att;1c.1ed as i!1cl.osur0 2 is c.. report of l!IJ~t':-r con(3i ci01 .. ~}; :.ti 1. Sketch of sighting Area 2. Weather Rpt, Offutt AFB DITACIM!NT 2 3zd W.atheJ~ Wing ltai ted States Air Force Offutt Air Force Bate, Nebraska cr, September 1~8 S a Yleather and Winds for Offutt AFB on 12 August 58 TOt co .. nder " O.t 2, 1006th Air Intelligence Service Sq. Richards-Geblur AfB, Mo. 1. The wather at Offutt APB at 0330: 12 Aug ~e was as followsa 0126C Clear, Viaibillty 4 mile with ground fog and smoke, 0341C Clear, Visibility 4 mllea with ground fog and smoke There w.re no thunderstorms ln the area at this time. 2. The winds aloft for this period are indicated beiow at 0600Z and 1200Z for the .. ights requeateda 1200Z Winds Aloft Major, tSAF DetacMent Connander eKUIUTY CLA8811'1CATION JOINT MI:88AGEP'OitM II'ACI IILOF ltiJUf'ID ,OR COMMUNICATION CIHTIJit PRECEDENCE TYN MH (C6trtJ ACCOUNTING OftiG. OR REf'&R8 TO CLA881fPICATION 01' ft&f'ERENCE Di~I.EF'lY: w"i..J 3 ICd'!'~.: :rvR I.7'";3S TC:.'J~ vl~ III~:tll'E, '!HEN }lOVED BEdiirD TEHRA! r:. r~. :r Hl!l1Bl1rr ~i. ROB..30l~ 0~' 'I':IE 544Tn RTG O~'FU'rr AFB, RI:CEIV'.--!J TH:C ORIC! u, HIT. 'fiiE OB 3:ERVl..:R 8NCIAL IN8TRUCTION8 ~ol Uilbc t TYPED NAME AND 8ECURITY CL.A881P'ICATION , "~CU DD P'OIIM 178, I OCT WHICH WIL.L U8ED UNTIL DHAU8TKD