Oblong Illinois — October 1958

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Keywords: rjedah, 782nd, idenity, comdr, discs, ntelligence, oblong, directions, failed, s1nalle, djorrn, atget, reltppei, regroupe, nnnnzczcsqp047sqf930zcaha, comdg, maeison, rjeesq, f1jnj, goreon, schiefelbein, rjeeah, bpaoe, jlojv, clas61ficat
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo s Balloon 0 Probobly Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP TYPE OF 6BSE RVATION 0 Wa s Ai rcraft XJ:-..Ground Visu a l 0 GraundRodar 0 Probabl y Ai rcraft 0 Possibly Aircraft GMT 30/2250Z 0 Air-Visual 0 Airlnterc:ept Ra dar 0 . Pro bably Astronomical C Yes 0 Possi bl y As t ronomi cal 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other----~:-:-----:--- 7 LENGTH OF.OBSERVATIO 0 Insuffic ient Data for E valua t ion 0 Unk no wn 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One rnd, silve r obj w/a dark center & six s1nalle r soli d discs clustered around the large r i n a ring dJorrn~tiot~" Se v e ral o f t h e smaller discs movecl Belie v e d to lJe ~a rheli:t. away fm the l atget & disappeared i n differe n t directions. They reltppei r~d i few mins later & regroupe d as p re- vious l y d e scribed. Al l objs faded. ATIC FORM 329 ( R E V 26 SEP 52) NNNNZCZCSQP047SQF930ZCAHA~92 782ND ACWRON TO RJEDEN/COMDG ADC ENT AFB coL SPRINGS COL INFO RJEDAH/COMDR 37TH ADIV DEF MAEISON 7 WISCONSIN RJEESQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL I NTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF I NTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WAHINGTON 25 DC J?AF:7.HCJ/OJ:'f. TCF.. OF IMFORMATION ~F.R\TTCF: llr.l fiC::Al=" {IJA~HTN{;TON -;>') ~r. /UNCLASSIFIED/ CPS 1463 PD. SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT PD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 20~-2, DATED 5 FEB 58 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED: . C . (SILVER ) E~ {i~NG FORMATIO}V PAGE TWO RJEDAH 5T ITEM 2. A. HAPPENED TO NOTICE THEM C. tNTO SUN. E. INtO ... .S.UN . ' r. Ql f1JNJ ITEM 3. A. EYE SIGHT ITEM 7. A. CLEAR-SUN SETTING B. SURFACE NOTH 7 KNOTS PAGE THREE RJEDAH 5T TEX s. NONE TEM 9. NONE 2/LT. GOREON W. SCHIEFELBEIN, DUTY DIRECTOR /18422 OCT RJEEAH JOINT MESSAGEFORM BPAOE Dl-JLOJV JtJN\I:UVf: D SECURITY CLAS61FICAT~: yc:-v UNCI.A c:AFIED I E'OR COM ItlU N lOA 'l'ION oNTEH I ORIG. OR R~FER& TO PRECEDENCE TYPE MGG {Olteck) ACCOUNTING PRIOHI 'T'Y BOOK MULTI SINGLE CLASS I F'ICATION OF REFERENCE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS COMDR, A'riC . .J. /' COMDR, 782ND ACvTRON, ROCI<.VIT I.E .Ali'S IND. t(Jc;D /t 1/ /UNCL I\SSili'IED/fROIVf: AFCIN-l~h YOUR TT .r.lSG OFS 1463 , D'r D 31 OCT 58 REPOR'riNG AN UFO SIGHTIHG I N OBLONG, IU.. RE~UEST A COII/fPLEI'E I NVF.STIGh.TI ON I N ACCORDANCE \liTH AJ!'R 2002, D"rD 5 ~'EB 58. ?dE I NJ.rO SUBlvi rPrED I S VERY MEAGRE AND 'LHIS CEl'f.CER CANNOT l14AKE AN EVALUA'fiON OF TnE SIGHTING. COORDINATION: PHONE 6- 92 J.o PA<lE l ~AR;, R -NR. r ~ E SECURITY CLASSIFICATION UHCL \SSll?I ED REPLACES DD FORM 173, I OCT 48. WHICH WILL BE USED UNTIL EXHAUSTED CZCSQC033ZCAHA216 -row COMDR 782ND ACWRON ROCKVILLE AFS IND .,.------- COMDR AIR TECH. INTELLIGENCE CENTER WPAFB OHIO ~ /UNCLASS/ OPS 155~. REFERENCEYOUR MESSAGE AFCIN4E-11-2641E, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUBMITTEDI StAtEMENT FROM MR. OBLONG, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: ON AT APPROXIAMTELY 22502 AND MYSELF WERE ~ANNI.N.G OUR ~9C POgT WHEN ~E NOTICED A J:E.-..JII'C.-IAB_ ~QRM!_t!.QN IN THE SKY, ~pM 9~E.lL.O.f QN.l;_.R9_flND SILVER OBJECT WITH A .Ill~RK CENTE!l_ AND IX SMALLER, soLID, SILVER DI<;CS CLYSTERED AROUND THE LARGER QBJECT 0 IN A RING FORMATION. ~$.-- WATC [.;.Y. -~.h OF TH ? -~E-~ Dl?_g_s_ e MOVED AWAY FROM THE LARGE ONE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND DISAPPEARED. THEY RE-AP.PEARED A. FEW MINU..TES t.ATER AND REGROUPED AS PREVI..O~USLL PAGE TWO RJEDAH 10T REPORT 'THE SIGHTING TO GOC FILTER CENTER, TERRE HAUTE, WHILE MR HOUSLEY CONTINUED TO WATCH. ALL OBJECT5 FADED PRIOR TO MY RETURN. THE OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED CONTINUOUSLY FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. THE INVESTIGATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS, POS~IBLE FLIGHTS IN THE AREA, ETC, FAILED TO FUR~I~H A CLEW To THE IDENITY OF THE OBJECTS SIGHTED THE INVESTIGATION FAILED TO CONFIRM THE REPORTED SIGHTING BY ANY OTHER SOUJSE. THE INVESTIGATION OFFICERS GAVE NO POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OR SUGGESTION CONCERNING IDENITY. 20/21302 NOV RJEDAH I I o o o o t ' o 'I I t t o o