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USAF record 28977759

28977759

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 12 Apr 58

2. LOCATION Bakersville, North Carolina

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 13/0120Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not rptd

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Obj looked like shooting star observed Rotd as possible decay of Sputnik II Followed curve toward Earth in fall Red glow in color.

11. COMMENTS Sputnik decayed on 14 Apr Observation has characteristics of a meteor sighting & the case is evaluated as a meteor sighting.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 59)

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