Wheelus Air Force Base Tripoli Lybia unidentified aerial event — September 1958

On or during September 1958, at or near Wheelus Air Force Base Tripoli Lybia, the source reports the following sequence: 1 September 1958 Wheelus AFB, Tripoli, Libya TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Civilian NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one COURSE: UNIDENTIFIED BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: A reddish-white obj, first size of a baseball, then diminished to size of a baseball, moved in zigzag fashion, very slow. Disappeared into clouds. USAFE ADVN ATIC CELL PER ATIC REQUEST A DESCRIPTIC' OF GJ:ECT: (1) ROUND (2) CBJSCT WAS FIRST TIE SIZE OF A LARGE STAR, GREW TO THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL AND THEN FINISHED TC ITS CRIGGIAL SIZE AND DISAPPEARED. (3) (NONE) (4) (NCNE) (5) MCRE (6) NCNE (7) NONE. (8) NONE (9) NCNE. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (1) MOVEMENT OF CBJECT- (2) TWENTY DEGREES. (3) WHAT DISTANCE DEGREES. (4) OBJECT APPEARED AT HIGH ALTITUDE, DESCENEED TO 2,COO-2,5CO FEET AS IT PASSED OVERHEAD AND CLIMBED AGAIN TO ALTITUDE WHEN IT DISAPPEARED. OBJECT MOVED [signature] PAGE TWO RJTCAK 28A FROM OBSERVATION TO SOUTH-EAST AT SPEEDS VARYING FROM VERY FAST TO VERY SLOW AT WHICH TIME OBJECT APPEARED TO HOVER MOTIONLESS. (S) FADED OUT TO THE SOUTHEAST. (S) SECOND S. All UFOs observed make this statement about their sightings. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (1) MOVEMENT OF OBJECT. (2) (TWENTY DEGREES. (3) TWENTY DEGREES) (4) OBJECT FOLLOWED A STRAIGHT PATH PARALLEL TO THE HORIZON FROM A NORTHNORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. SPEED WAS FAIRLY UNIFORM AND SLOW, (5) DISAPPEARED IN CLOUDS. (6) (TIME MINUTES) C. GCI, THOUGH IN OPERATION, REPORTED NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. Nature of Incident: Unidentified Flying Object 4. Course of Object: Hovered, then accelerated rapidly and departed.