USAF record 28976202 (1957)
28976202
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 18 December 1957
2. LOCATION Yakima, Washington
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 19/0108Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] Civilian
6. SOURCE [HW: No]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Large red fireball, size of end of pencil held at arm's length, red, leaving contrails. There was an explosion & ball of smoke. Smoke lasted until sundown.
11. COMMENTS This was without doubt a meteor. We are now having the Geminid shower.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 53)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 18 December 1957 2. LOCATION Yakima, Washington 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 19/0108Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Visual…
- Page 2 18 1901082 [HW: Witness] [HW: 4-4-52] [STAMP: 52] MEMO 07-02 RJEDSO SSEI-31 YDAI-37 KYA1-2 XDF-43DHA-37 OO RJEDDN RJEDSO RJEPHQ DE RJEDPN SPA O 192915Z FM 25CADD COC TO RJEDDN/CONDR NORAD…
- Page 3 I. APPEARED SUDDENLY AS A BRIGHT BALL OF FIRE II. 1. U.N. 2. 45° 3. [HW: Z] 4. ARC MOVING SOUTH WEST? 5. EXPLOSION AND BALL OF FLAME 6. OBJECT APPROX TWO SECONDS, SMOKE LASTED UNTIL SUNSET III 1.…
- Page 4 XI 1. 3 REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM SEATTLE ARTC AT APPROXIMATELY 22227-1CAS-17 DEC 57 WAY 58362 IN THE VICINITY OF MEDFORD SIGHTED LARGE RED FIREBALL AT 14.82 17 DEC 57, 15 OR 20 MILES WEST OF MT.…