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USAF record 28977106

28977106

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION Lake Pepin, Wisc. Duluth, Minn. Bobbinsdale, Minn. Waskis.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 23/0215Z -23/0210Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Vizual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 Secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

9. COURSE falling

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1) Obj shape of teardrop, described as size of plate by one observer, size of rocking chair by another. White-red bright green black along edge. Short tail to long tail. Sound of explosion with a thump upon impact. Impact area rpd, a steam of vapor cloud.

2) Rnd, greenobj size of baseball bat handle Shaken intof diameter second object same size up to three obj's Had Green tail. Two sightings 170 nautical miles apart.

11. COMMENTS It appears both observers saw a fireball. However, unless one or both were wrong in estimating the time, there were two obj's involved.

3) Description is of a fireball which has penetrated the earth's atmosphere.

[STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)]

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