USAF record 28981700
28981700
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 10 Jan 59
2. LOCATION Plymouth, North Carolina
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 1610 GMT: 10/23102
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE] No
6. SOURCE Civilian on "Moonwatch"
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not given
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one exploding
9. COURSE - - -
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Observer on "Moonwatch" duty observed an obj exploding. It approached as a white ball from NE going SW As it neared the observer it burst into many colors and parts started falling away Flat trajectory Low alt.
11. COMMENTS Although duration omitted obj of the sighting and general description indicate conform to a "bolide" type meteor Additional information requested however no reply was received The limited information available is considered sufficient to evaluate the case as a meteor sighting.
ATIC FORM 2ND CRY 26 SEP 59
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 10 Jan 59 2. LOCATION Plymouth, North Carolina 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 1610 GMT: 10/23102 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW:…
- Page 2 APPROX 010 (3) APPROX 10, APPROX 010 (4) FALLING STRAIGHT DOWNWARD (5) FELL STRAIGHT DOWNWARD UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BELOW THE TREE LINE (6) APPROX 1 MINUTE C (1) GROUND VISUAL (2) N/A (3) N/A D (1)…
- Page 3 [STAMP: 13Jun59 000d] NNNN [HW: Res] TELEPHONED TO CAPT. BART NO 71522 TIME 23245 Date 13JUN 59 By [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE ZCZCSQE249ZCVYC283 PP RJEDSQ [REDACTED] NOT DE RJESDF 39 P R 122225Z FM COMDR 464TH…
- Page 4 NORTH CAROLINA [REDACTED] COMPANY PLYMOUTH, N. C. 1-14-1959 U.S. Air Force Operation "Moon Watch" Washington D.C. While on "Moon Watch" at Plymouth N.C 1-10-59 at 6:10 PM or near that I saw a white…
- Page 5 2 February 1959 [REDACTED] Your letter of 18 January 1959 concerning unidentified flying object sighting at Plymouth, North Carolina, contained insufficient information to allow a valid conclusion.…