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UFO case file · UFO-1070

Wheelus AFB Philco representative sees blue-white round object — September 1 1958

CE1Libya1958-09-01

Wheelus Air Force Base, Tripoli, Libya

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Case description

At about 12:15 a.m. on September 1, 1958, Philco technical representative A. M. Slaton at Wheelus Air Force Base near Tripoli observed a round blue-white object. It flew at varying speeds. The surviving chronology does not preserve the duration, altitude, distance, direction, maneuver sequence, or manner of disappearance.

Recorded details

Local time
00:15
Witnesses
1
Craft description
A round blue-white object moving at varying speeds.
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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