Wauwatosa, WisconsinMay 1958

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Summary

On May 13, 1958, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, two civilians reported two objects in the night sky. The sighting lasted about 1 minute and 30 seconds. The objects were round, about the size of a half dollar held up, white with a red light on top of each. One was about 5 feet behind the other. The witnesses, alerted by a low-flying aircraft, saw the objects appear in the west and disappear over the horizon in the east. The objects flew straight, in a tight formation, with no maneuvers and no sound. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the objects were possibly aircraft positioned so that only the right wingtip lights showed, or high-flying aircraft in formation with their formation and position lights visible.

Reported location

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Date of incident

May 1958

State / country

WI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

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aig PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
) 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
j : 0 Was Balloon
13 May 58 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Ballaon
CeaaR U0 CPI UE CD IXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar a Sicuaily Atverats
GMT 14/ 03007 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar {* ; Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XO No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Oars ate i een oT
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
é a 0 Unknown
1 min 30 sec two East
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd obj, size ofhalf dollar. White Possibly a/c in such a position
Ww/red light on top of each one. One as to show only the right wing
hpprox 5 ft behind the other, tip lights.
Observed in West. Disappeared over horj-
zon in East.
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