USAF record 28940264 (1951)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2 Nov 1951

2. LOCATION 47N 57,35W (Atlantic)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP [HW: 19A/26/02/230L]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 Seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A brilliant white flare coming up through undercast observed from a/c at 8,000 ft. a/c dispatched to investigate 1 hr later. Located surface vessels in area/ Pilot observed powerful rotating white beacon at St Pierre on Nova Scotia coast line. Additional information upon landing indicated that flare was rocket type with tail in flight from East to West with downward path descending through overcast. Believed to be over 40 mi.

11. COMMENTS Pilot of investigating a/c was of opinion that beacon from St Pierre may have appeared over edge of undercast and mistaken for rocket or flare. INSUFFICIENT DATA to substantiate this conclusion since reporting witness stated that flare came up through the undercast. Debriefing upon landing indicates that object more probably a meteor. Flight direction is West.

ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP '52)