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Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Lybia, September 1958

Date of account
1958-09
Location
Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Lybia
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Bolloon 1 September 195s Wheelus AFB, Tripoli,Lvbia 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local RXround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircraft 01/2215Z GMT AirVisuel Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 OThOI UNIDENEITIED 1.2mins 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation CUnknowm 2.90Secs one NW to SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd,biuish-white cbj, first size of UNIDENTIFIED. a large star, then grew to size of a baseball,then diminished to its origl size & disappeared.obj moved at speeds varying fm very fast to very slow at which time obj appeared motionless. Significant temp inversion fm surface to loooft

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