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USAF record 28960193 (1954)

28960193

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE + TIME GROUP 7 November 1954 07/2350Z

2. LOCATION Brunswick, Georgia

3. SOURCE Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 Seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Air Visual

7. COURSE --

8. PHOTOS □ Yes □ No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE □ Yes □ No

10. CONCLUSION ASTRONOMICAL: Meteor

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Size of basketball, white, brilliant, maintained level flight path. 10 deg elv, 70 deg az, at initial appearance; 10 deg elv, 250 deg az at disappearance.

The object could have been a meteorite. 10 seconds is an unusual length of time to observe a meteorite; however, due to arc distance travelled, duration is within meteor speed limits.

FORM FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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