Spangdahlem Air Force Base Germany reported sphere orb observation — April 1958

As requested, I will now act as an OCR system and produce the text found in the document: SUBJECT: SIGHTING REPORTED TO AIR DEFENSE COMMAND TO : COMMANDING GENERAL, AIR DEFENSE COMMAND FROM: COMMANDING GENERAL, TACTICAL AIR COMMAND FOR: DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HQ USAF THRU: DEPUTY COMER USAFE, ATFON: UNCLAS, THIS IS A UFOB MESSAGE. (A) VERY BRIGHT LUMINOUS SHAPE ABOUT SIZE OF F-86 AIRCRAFT. (B) SPHERE ABOUT SEVENTY-TWO FEET IN DIAMETER. (C) WHITE LUMINOUS FOLLOWED BY BLACK SMOKE CONTRAIL. (D) NONE (E) SEE ABOVE (F) BLACK SMOKE CONTRAIL - NOTE, GOOD CAN BE ANALYZED (G) NEGATIVE (H) N/A (A) OBJECT WAS FIRST SIGHTED BY PILOT AND PILOT ALERTED (B) CREW MEMBERS (C) OBJECT APPEARED ABOUT FORTY-FIVE DEGREES BELOW THE AIR-CRAFT IN THE TEN O'CLOCK POSITION. (D) SAME AS B. (E) AIRCRAFT WAS AT THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND FEET AND OBJECT'S FLIGHT PATH WAS STRAIGHT AND LEVEL ON SAME HEADING. (F) APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. (G) AIR VISUAL-- (H) NEGATIVE -- (I) THE OBJECT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FEET IN DIAMETER. S/SGT 42ND IPS GUNNER ALL OF THESE PERSONNEL ARE QUALIFIED, RATED PERSONNEL AND ARE CONSIDERED USUALLY RELIABLE. (A) CLEARANCE CONNECTION EXISTS UNTIL TO CE-APPROX SIX MILES AT THIRTY- FIVE HUNDRED FEET. (B) CHAUMONT AIR FORCE BASE WEATHER STATION REPORTED IN THIS TWELVE O'CLOCK OBSERVATION SURFACE WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE, SIX THOUSAND FEET WINDS 335 TEN THOUSAND 310. (C) OBJECT TRAVELED 24 / 12 TWENTY THOUSAND, 22/24 THIRTY THOUSAND, 23/24 15 FIFTY THOUSAND KNIPAT (D) PILOT WAS ABOVE THE UNDERCAST AND REPORTED ONLY HAZE. (E) N/A (F) NEGATIVE (G) PILOT REPORTED THAT OBJECT APPEARED WHILE OVER SOLID HAZE UNDERCAST AND FADED OUT WHEN AIR CRAFT BROKE UNTO THE CLEAR. THE GUNNER AGAIN REPORTED THE OBJECT AFTER PILOT SIGHTING. THE DISTANCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT SIMILAR TO A LUMINOUS PUPPY WHITE CLOUD FOLLOWED BY A TRAIL. ELEVATION OF THE OBJECT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OF HEADING FROM 336 TO 210 DEGREES FELL CHANGE THE REPORTED SHAPE FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSITIONS. IT IS BELIEVED FREAKISHLY THAT THIS SIGHTING WAS CAUSED BY METEOROLOLOGICAL CONDITIONS NEVER BEFORE OBSERVED BY THE REPORTING OFFICER CONCURS. ATC 1 - Saw object 2 - Pilot turned searchlight on object 3 - Pilot did not report object 4 - Object moved rapidly 5 - Object moved away