USAF record 28986650
28986650
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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 17 Apr 60
2. LOCATION 4.5 NM SW of Bitberg, Germany
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [HW: GMT] 17/0250Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [HW: Ground-Visual] [HW: Ground-Radar] [HW: Air-Visual] [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]
5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [HW: No]
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4-5 sec
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE N
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Rain-drop shaped object with long tail, half the size of a dime, bright yellow-orange. The further the object fell the brighter it became. Object had large pieces falling from main body.
11. COMMENTS Probably a meteor.
CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [STAMP:] Possibly Balloon [STAMP:] Was Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP:] Possibly Astronomical Meteor [STAMP:]
ATIC FORM 339 (REV 26 SEP 92)
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- Page 1 MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 17 Apr 60 2. LOCATION 4.5 NM SW of Bitberg, Germany 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [HW: GMT] 17/0250Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [HW: Ground-Visual] [HW:…
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- Page 4 (3) BRIGHT YELLOW-ORANGE, INCLUDING PIECES FALLING FROM OBJECT. THE FARTHER THE OBJECT FELL TOWARDS THE HORIZON THE BRIGHTER IT BECAME. (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) APPEARED AS A FALLING STAR, WITH LARGE…
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