Popeafb N Carolina — November 1958

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3. DATE T IME G ROUP s. PHOTOS PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 4. TYPE OF Oi!SE RVATION .0: Gro und V I 'uol 0 GroundRoclor 0 Air-Vi .suol 0 Air-lnt.,rcep t Rodor 7. LENOTH OF.OBS:RVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJE CTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo!i B alloon 0 Pro b ably Balloon 0 Possibl y B alloon 0 Wo!i Ai rcroft 0 Probably Airc r aft Possibly Air c r aft Was Ast ronomi col Probably Astronomic.al 0 Possibly Astronomica l 0 In su ffi ci ent Doto for Evaluof ion 11. COMMENTS BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING ::2 RJES.DF 26 ! COfi DR L~64TH TRP CARR WG RJEDD~!/COI1DR :1JEZFF/CONDR ~ JEDSQ/CO[iDR ATIC RJEZHQ/D/1 HO USAF ~JZHQ/OFF INFO SVCS HQ USAF I~JFO RJEDD~/HQ TAC RJEDDN/CO;~DR 1~06TH AISS ;CLASS I FX ED FROr1 ~JDO-INT 11-t!023 SUBJ ECT: UFO. A. < 1) ROUt~D ri:J-iNTEFSITY) c1; N/A cs ) N;A c9 ) N;A s. 1 )(WATCHING-aNEC 1) KD-50 IN TRAF}'IC PATTLRI~ AND NOTICED OBJEl<T ON COLLISION COURSE ~liTH AI RCRAFT TO RETURiJ THEN CLI~JBED I N ALITUDE UNTIL DISAPPE.~RANCE C5) FADED TO )OUTHE~riT_ (o) Jl. ZN1Y (2~) NitiU'fE_s}C. (1) GROUND YISUP.L C2>\PI~IOCULAP.s J 5 11 rl! 79 fJ1 H; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOtJER, . ~Q..P~.-~.~-' N L C 1) ~!/A AIR TRAFFI C CONTROLL~n PAGESTWO RJESDF 26 AFSC 27251, B-2 G. Cl) OBSERVER QUOTED THE POPE AFB 04/02 2 NOV 58 c uRFACE OBSERVATION (2) POPE AFB SURFACE OBSERVATION: SURFACE WAS ( 5 ) 5, 0~Sy~ FT TH:I N BROKEn; 2f1, ~l"VJ FT THIN BROKEN ( 6) NONE H. NON[ I . NONE J . ON ( 1) KB- 50 I N POP.E. AFB _TRAFF1C_PATTEEJ~ ON D0\11NHIND L}:G OF GCJ-\ RUN AT 1500 FEET, HEATJING 040 DEG K. RICHARD J . MCGLYNN CAPT, WING INTELLIGENCE OFFICER; AN UNIDEtJTIFllD FLYING OBJECT WAS OBSERVSD BY PERSON~lEL OF THE POPE AFB TOWER ON THE EVENING OF 3 ~IOV 195o BETt-Jl~EN THE HOURS OF (["i03 EST AND 2123 Est'J OBSERVERS T..JATCHED PHENOIIENON WITH ri'HE AID OF BINOCULARS AND ARE FIRi"JLY CO!NINCED PHEN- Oi1EtJOlJ I S NOT PECULIAR TO THE ATNOSPHERE. ITE~'1 OF S IGNIFIGAtJCE I S THAT SAID UFO PRESENTED A HAZAHD 1'0 AIRCRAFT OPERATING I N THE AREA AND THE PILOT OF THE KB-5e TANKER REPORTED TO THE TOHER PERSONNEL THAT STRANGE LIGHTS HERE OBSERVED IN HIS COCl(PIT t~HILE HE f;/AS ON THE FINAL APPROACE OF l\ GCA RUN. THE STERl O-CAt1EJA ~1HICH tvAS AVAILABLED I~J THE CONTROL T~OER FOR JUST SUCH INCIDENTS WAS NOT UTILIZED DUE TO :~: ITt:t1E~IT OF Tu :s~ PERS ONJJEL AND T./HEN C Ai-JERA l,f AS SEC URF.:D, 0 3 JECT HAD DISI\PPF..D,f<F.D FROtl VIEtv. IT IS FEL1' THAT AN UNUSUAL PHENOf1E;JQN OCCUR!~- ~:ov RJESDF