USAF record 28977955
28977955
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 20 Apr 58
2. LOCATION Kentucky, W Va., Georgia
3. DATETIME GROUP Local 8:30 P.M. EST GMT 21/01/02
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS No
6. SOURCE Military & Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE ESE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A ball of light that seemed to explode into bits while moving Southward at terrific speed. All IDS indicate it was very bright, bullet shaped, fiery rod w/a yellow tail & put out a lot of light works. A small pin of light, then an abrupt increase in size, round shape, Light green increasing in intensity, Intense faint exhaust or trail. Pink, than dark compared to clouds.Trail was smaller than the diameter of the sphere.
11. COMMENTS A large meteor bright enough to cast a reflection & with unusual brilliance.
ATIC FORM 29 (REV 25 SEP 53)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 20 Apr 58 2. LOCATION Kentucky, W Va., Georgia 3. DATETIME GROUP Local 8:30 P.M. EST GMT 21/01/02 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS No 6. SOURCE…
- Page 2 [STAMP: 03 25 '53] RA294 O SCA294 YME2941TFLAGS6 RR RJEDDN RJEDSO RJEPHO RJEPNB DE RJEDNL 2 R 210233Z FM CONDR S8AD D WPAFB TO RJEDDN/CONDR ABC ENT AFB COLO RJEPHO/AGS/I HQ USAT WASH 25 DIC…
- Page 3 (5) 23 DEG ABOVE HORIZON (5) DESCENDING (5) BEHIND CLOUDS (6) 99 SECONDS C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION: (1) GROUND VISUAL (2) NONE [HW: Grilled] D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING. (1) 21/4/1957Z [HW: Date…
- Page 4 (2) COMMUNITY 6. WEATHER & WINDS-ALOFT CONDITION TIME [PLACE OF SIGNING]: (2) SURFACE 130 DEG 9 KT 6,200 - 220 DEG 35 KT 13,500 - 230 DEG 32 KT 18,500 - 250 DEG 34 KT 28,500 - 250 DEG 34 KT 38,500 -…
- Page 5 V S2E057 YDB058 VYB029 VMCO23SLA015 REJESKB RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ DE RJESSL 5 M 222133Z FM COMBR 31ST FBG TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC RJESKB/COMDR 35TH AD RJEDSQ /COMDR ATIC RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE HQ…
- Page 6 PAGE TWO RJESSL 5 CLOUDS. (C) TRAIL WAS SMALLER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE SPHERE. (O) NEGATIVE. (I) THE APPROACH SPEED FROM THE NORTHEAST TOWARD OUR AIRCRAFT WAS LIKE A METEOR, HEADING WAS SOUTHWEST…
- Page 7 PAGE THREE RJESSL 5 [REDACTED] 1ST LT., 329TH FBS, PILOT, EXCELLENT [REDACTED] 1ST LT., 329TH FBS, PILOT, EXCELLENT (?) WEATHER AND WINDS: (A) 10,30' SCATTERED, 8,20' SCATTERED. (B) 6,30'-21/2/3K,…
- Page 8 [STAMP: 4EA] [STAMP: 20] [HW: INSERT AFTER 1ST PG OBJECT ATLANTA X X A BLINDING BRILLIANCE.] ATLANTA PHYSICIST AND ASTRONOMER DR. [REDACTED] SAID THE OBJECT PROBABLY WAS A METEOR KNOWN AS A…
- Page 9 [STAMP: 16A] [HW: Robert F. Powell, Jr.] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE